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Fealty    lo 

As  Through  a  Glass  Darkly 1 1 

The  Song  of  the  Sous -?o 

Invitation    23 

The  Xorth    24 

The  Arrow  Lakes -25 

The  Harz'est  Storm 26 

The  Path  of  the  Moon 28 

The  Canadian  Tacifie  Raihi'ay 29 

The  March  of  the  Xorthem  Men .^i 

Wheat  Fields    i^ 

Winnipeg    32 

The  Blizzard   33 

My   Hostelry    34 

Song  of  the  Self  Binder 34 

The  Lake  of  the  Woods 35 

A   Rainy   Xight 37 

spring    3« 

Miracles    39 

A  Day  In  Spring 39 

The  Indian  Chief's  Farezi'ell 40 

The  Loyalist  41 

Canada    42 


c.         ,  43 

Sonnet 

44 

Lore's  l'il;^)inu};^c 

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I  he   k'odil    , 

46 

'//r  (■<//',</  .1/.'  /,v  My  Xamc- ^7 

Tin-   Outer  Sea  ...  o 

48 

Truth    .. 

49 

1  he  Rose  of  Dine- 

'  so 

.■liiftiiini     . 

„,,  50 

/  lie   Orehesfra 

The  Dyiit^  ChUd 

Tlie  Kill'    .  . 

■^  52 

My  Lost    Youth 

Ohi  Sou-'s   .  ^^ 

...,-;  ■         ■■. 54 

/  /'(•  Joiirnex  is  Lniia" 

•^    55 

The  Old  l-yicnd  Speak-: ^ 

The  Widow   ..  \ 

r.  ,  ,  58 

nelea.'iicycd    . 
,  59 

60 

The  Rain    ...  , 
60 

Sour  drapes  ^ 

'        61 

7  haiikfiiliiess    .  ^ 

'  fit 

Rose  in  the  Garden ^. 

Tlie  lin'-ineer   ...  / 
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Before  the   O Iteration ^,- 

Sonnet    ...  / 
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The  Rosary    67 

'•Love  Me.  Surer 68 

Bereaved    70 

Song   71 

The  Children's  Pienic   71 

Knighted    72 

Incense /2 

Sleepless)tess    j^ 

Tuv.  Spirit  of  tiik  Xouiii 

The  Sf^irit  of  the  Xorth jj 

Heimlich    Si 

The   Falliitg  Star S4 

Hard  Times 1S5 

The  Prison   Chapel K7 

Silver    Pof^lars    S9 

.■I  Thunder  Storm  on  the  Plains (p 

Tieiligh.t    (jl 

The   Sil:'er  Pirch.es 92 

The   (J  nest  ion    94 

To  E.   R.    y 95 

The  T'teath  of  the  Day (/3 

H.vf'ression   97 

Midnight    97 

Teach   Me  Wisdom  Mother-Xatnre 98 

An    Impression    (/^ 


>Vi'^i.JrL^.^^ 


The  h'l-irillc   ,^ 

In  Mcmoriam    ,(.^ 

Beyond  is  God j^^q 

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^'«'"^  lOI 

Aspiration    ,q, 

77jr  Simmer's  Prayer   ,o^ 

Uncle's   Christmas  Story ,o^ 

r/?r    Tr/ra;//    IVind ,0^ 

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Till 

I  SILlliR  TRAIL 

It  dips 

beyond  the  uuntntain. 

It  Hi 

's  beyond  the  lea:  — 

.liid  Ti 

liere  it  leads  we  folloti- 

To  U 

-am  its  mystery. 

It  shin 

•s  ai^ainst  the  inornini^ 

.1  j. 

:celled  thread  of  //_t;/i/,- 

It  lure 

v,  it  eatls.  it  heelcons 

Tliiu 

'/(i^/i  all  the  day  and  night. 

Where 

leads  it?    'Thai  we  know  not 

Only  its  sih'er  '^leaiii 

Cdlllpi 

Is  lis  and  Tee  foll(>:e 

The 

7'isi(in  and  the  dream. 

Xo  str 

ainiii;^  eye  )nay  sezer 

The 

thin  ethereal  fr/V, 

'That  at  the  xcide  lu>ri.zo)i 

linfi 

lids  the  Silier  Trail. 

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W  i'lf  a-  the  I'.mpirr.  Sire,  is  ,,nr   l\alt\ 
rrii'Irrcl  111  thee  in   lli\    sta--irt  Immr  : 

Dfi'p  as  tile  .icfaii"s  .kcp.M   l,ill,,u  : 
ili,L;li  as  tile  luaxcn's  larilust  dcunr. 

Nau-lit  lias  ahatr.l  the  Imw  iliat  niu  rfatluMl  thee 

^  cars  Imiim   ^j,,,.,.  \^j,|,  ,1,^.    |)_.,,,j,||  i.r-li-; 
IliiiU'  (,f  iliiiir  ..un  wv  ihr  I.,vr  l)r,|nrat!ic(I  thee 

<  oiiipass,  ,|  ii,,.,.  •,■,,1111(1  when  thi'  -ivat  <  )tKTn 

'h'ciL 

Di-tani  ami  hnnic-lan.ls  ;    M,.,,  in  thr  ,  .ar-latids 

<  iifc!  ihcc  m.'st  l,,\;ill\.  kT\cnt  <inr  pravcr; 
"<i'"l    Save    Kin-     lOlwaiM.     Kin^-    ,;i    tin-    far- 

lamls  ;■' 

Snn  ,  t"  thy  M,.thtr.  thy  s,  „,-,  ,\v  wc  share. 
I  <  )(  )  I  . 


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AS    I'lIR*  )r<.H    A    (.LA-S  DARKLY 

To  TiiK  Mi.Miiuv  or  A  i)i;Ai)  (Ji  i:i;n'  uiim  i.ivus 
i(ii<iAi:i<  IN    mm;  iik\i<i>  <>i    iii.k  i-kotlk 

Out  thro"  in\   uimlow.  \o  llic  ni^^lit,   1  laiiiK-h 
M\-  (.■urtaiii-^liicliKfl.  frat^MlL'.  vi>itin-l)ari|ur, 

Anduatcli  ihc  l)roail.  low  liill>.  slow.  rc-apiJ^ar 
As  sJLjht.  acoustoiiuil,  presses  l>ack  tlic  dark. 

Across  tlic  way,  a  teniplt-'  nrnt  relieves 
Its  dusky  pciunansliip  at,^ain>t  llu-  sky, 

And  staiut-'il  window^,  Ixiuiid  in  trii)lc  slu-avcs, 
I'our  forth  tlicir  ,i,dory  (jn  the  passer-by. 

A  mighty  chimney  tlanies  behind  the  liill 

A  rocket-stream  of  stars  from  (hi-k  till  day; 

Proud  constellations  spout  aloft,  and  spill 
Into  the  smoke-wreaths  of  their  milky  way. 

The  villa,i;e  lam])s  are  lit.  and  friendly  li.udits 
Wink  pleasantlv  acrijss  the  sparklin-r  snow; 

Telling  of  .sheltered  homes,  these  winter  ni<::hts. 
And  cheerful  sT<T-ipi".c:s  in  the  firelight's  p^low, 

I.ow-clashinq-  in  the  cjentle  wind,  I  see. 
In  heavy    frostiness  of  pearl   s:alloon. 

Each  bud  and  branch,  each  twiff  upon  the  tree 
Lift  p.illid  fares  to  the  winter  moon. 


A  frincre  of  pines  outlines  the  darkened  hills 
Witii    plumed    knifjhts,    and    many    a    slender 
lance  ; 

Throughout   the  air  a   c:entle  essence  thrills 
Of  joust  and  tourne> .  and  the  old  romance. 


11 


Adowii  tlu'  cfmurics  I  sec  liim  coiiu',  — 
The  armored  kniR:ht.  with  pUinie.  an<l  jrolden 
spur. 

J  see  him  stand  before  his  ladye  dumb ; 
I  see  the  pleading:  glance  he  gives  to  her. 

Oh.  moonlight  sillioucttc  of  church  and  spire! 

Oh,  misty  laces  of  the  frost-king's  gnomes! 
Oh.  window  arabesques  of  crimson  fire! 

Oh,  star  shine  from  a  hundred,  happy  homes! 

Oh,  lovely  world !  where  as  in  davs  of  old, 
Bright  chivalry,  still  wields  her' ready  lance, 

And  lusty  knight-hood,  with  its  hearts  o'f  gold, ' 
Still  keeps  alive  the  light  of  old  romance. 

Oh,  lovely  world!  where  silver  moonlK>ams  fall; 

Where    veiled    shadows    fringe    the    paths    of 

light ; 

Where  poised  in  vastness,  that  themselves  appal. 

Great,    golden    stars    go    swinging    thro'    the 

night ! 


To-night,  I  set  the  curtains  wide,  and  gaze 
Into  the  darkness,  striving  there  to  see 

The  old,  familiar  beauty,  thro'  the  haze 
That  hangs  between  its  loveliness,  and  me. 

I  he-r  the  distant  thunder  of  the  falls 

V  .rch  musically  across  the  sombre  hills ; 

Oi  sink  to  silence  in  the  hidden  halls 

Of  distant  valleys,  as  the  night  wind  wills. 

12 


Its  nuiftk'd  •mirnuir  lies  h<-ntath  all  thought, 
As  sonif  stem  purpose,  in  a  life-loom  weft. 

May  underlie  embroideries,  day-enwrought, 
Emerging  only,  as  the  strands  are  cleft. 

For  with  the  day  its  tireless  thunders  cease; 

Obscured  by  all  the  busy  cark,  and  care. 
But  when  the  gracious  night  descends  in  peace. 

Its  cadenced  music,  still,  is  marching  there. 

Or  in  its  booming.  I  can  catch  the  roll 
Of  distant  war-drums  on  a  distant  shore ; 

Bringing  fresh  sorrow  to  the  war-sick  soul 
Hearing,  alway,  the  unheard  cannon's  roar. 


The  winged  fancy  takes  its  Ariel-flight 
To  those  far  fields,  and  bivouacs  of  pain, 

Where  He  the  harvests  of  the  stubborn  fight ; 
The  huddled  wounded,  and  the  scattered  slain. 

With  loyalty  their  steadfast  Avatar, 
Thev  marched  away  our  gaily,  gallant  sons. 

Enthusiastic  for  the  game  of  war. 
And  eager  for  the  music  of  the  guns. 

There  is  a  moaning  in  the  wind  to-night ; 

A  dirge  for  those  whose  disembodied  souls 
Released,    perchance,    in    some    wild    Transvaal 
fight, 
Come,  homesick,  speeding  to  their  well  loved 
goals. 

Oh   moon!    what   sights  and   sounds  ascend   to 
thee ! 
As  low  before  thine  eyes  the  world  revolves ; 

13 


r.iiiij^'iiij,'^  at  every  wlu'd  .soiiU'  a^^Mniy 
Tliat   rollinj,'  otnvard,  clianj^es,  and  di^snlvos. 

What  sij^dits.  aixl  ^<)UIllls.  from  war's  ^Mim  liattlo- 
tk'lds! 

\\  lu-rc  ilcad  and  dyinj^  jj[rc'i't  tli\  i)it\inj^  eye 
In  sliapc-li^stu^s.  ,nrli  as  Kcd  ( 'arnai^i'  yields 

\\  lirn  liravc'ly  tif^litm;^,  Irinid.  and  Ini-inan  die. 


What   I)iK)ts  it  air-     Tlu'  lavish  ovcrHow 
<  )f  tears,  and  hlnod.  and  treasure  manifold 

So  oft  repeated  since  the  fatefid  hlow 

'["hat   ernel   wars,  and  hattle-lnst  foretold. 


In  that  dark  hour,  when  straininj,'-  up  to  (lod 

Incense  acce])talile  to  Ilim  arose; 
The  l)l(jo(l  of  .\l)el  crying,''  from  the  sod, 

Presap^ed  a  future  of  potential  foes. 

Who  nuiltii)lyins"  in  the  j^lidiuf^  years 

Would     wander     o'er     the     j,'enerous.     fruitful 
earth, 

O'er-hurdeiied  by  the  heavy  doubts,  and  fears 
That  steal  from  life,  her  hour  of  fjentlc  mirth. 

Into  the  world  there  crept,  that  evil  day, 
(irey  I'car,  who  shivered  dully  as  he  ran, 

I'oreseeing-  all  the  wretched,  bloody  way 

Marked  by  the  footsteps  of  the  murderer,  man. 

The  why  we  know  not,  nor  the  end  can  see, 
How  .tjood  from  evil  still  jiersistent  flows 

Vet  on  the  wastes  of  war's  wide  cruelty 
Couraj^e  and  chivalry  bloom  as  the  rose. 

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A  liltlr  \\;inilrriiiL;  in  ;i   -Ii;iil\    wmik]; 

A  lillli'  liiiliiiL;  in  tlit    luat  aii'l  L;iiinc  ; 
A   ini^i\    ni'  ■imni   iliinlv    nn  In  -ii  n  (1. 

r.i-fi'ii'  tin    I'.iilniL;  li.-ir!i..r  li'^lii>  (  l'  time. 

\i  i*.  IvU'iwinL;   wIii't  llir  ••lii]!  in   wliit'h  \\r   -ail. 

N'lii    1.1   wli.u    li.i\tii    -\\itll\    ni"\!n:;   luiirc. 
.\i>r   what    nnrliartiil    ~ra.   "V   laxiiin:;    i^alc, 

Ma\    lirinu   it-  f"riiii.  ^r  it-  n  r.  .nqicn-c. 

('iinl(l  we  Inil    kimw.   in   llii>  uur  linilf  tinu  . 

<  )i.   what    III'  -iiinniit   i 't   iniiurial   >])ai-c. 
lie  tlininKr-   ['.nli  tlic  iika-c-   Niililintr. 

Willi  mark-  the  -^iniiililiiiL;-  nf  niii'  Pililr  race. 

Ciiulil   \\r  a--iL;n   In    lliin   -niiu'   tixnl   alu'dc: 
IUmiikI        alici\f,   all    intci M'niii'^   har- ; 

Mi^lit    iiiii    i;ur    ]ira\ir>    iii' 'ir    >iirtK     tin<l    tlie 
n.a.l.  - 
\i>t   waiiiU-r  inipiitctil    ainMii"^--  tlic   >-lar-. 

Ilu'  ;.:Ia->  i-  darkmii':    I  )ra\\   tlu'  Miml-  lii'twicn 

'l"lu'  }U'^h\  lint  '  I'lii  -11  -wtrt  an<l  <Kn'|), 

Dark    i-lmid-.    ha\c       nttrd    nut    tlu-    nic  m  inli<,dit's 

slll't'll. 

And  half  a  world  a\va\.  diad  hrrm's  •-in-p. 


A    nt'w    year    dawns;    A    ticw    kint;    iiKumts    the 
throne 

And  wields  the  sceptre,  in  tlu'  plaee  and  stead 
Of  her,  who  hail  so  lony-  ami  elnselv  ^'rown 

Into  onr  lives,  we  scarce  believed  her  <lead. 

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\-    lilllt    .■liiMr.ii.    in   the   1'  'Ult  .1;^". 

\\  <■   ll!i>nL;!n    111'  lit!'  .1^  "f  tlir  i.inli  .ind   >k\ 
I 'iirliaiii^c.ililc.      .\iir  c.inM    In'   liriMi-lii    in   kiiow 

I'liat    -lie.  like  It'-^cr  iiiiirtaK.  ti"'.  must   ilic 

t  >ni-     -rainl-irr-     ti'M     li'iw     ilir\      I'.ii      lur     liail 
|MiiL;ti|. 

Inl'i  lur  nalm  niir  lalliiT^  liail  Ikiii  lidii: 
\\  t    r.  uM  lint  iliraiii  a  liiiif  wIhii   -In-  vsa~  tint, 

\ii(l  ilcinhd  -lull  a  liiiir,  wiili  tliiMi-!i   -i-nni 

Til,    -ipiiihri'  iliniflio,  ilra|)''i!  in  -alilc  uml-: 
rill-    ninnnil'nl    pravcr-    tlial    ])a--    lil<f    luavy 
m:;1i-. 

I'hc  lni>liiil   ■fnuiiilniiii'4-  ''I   iinlilr  dcfiU. 
\il   -jx  ak  (if  lur  :  'A  u'tniia.    I  lu    W  i-<-." 

'I'lu-  ]>■  '    ])  ami  -iiKialnv  nirxiiiL;   if' mi  ilif  >ta  : 
Tile     l.n.iiiiin-      L;nn-:     tlu      -latrlv      niraMirrd 
Mtaii  ; 
■j'lu    I1  UiiiL;  lu'li-;  llu'  -nimm  iiiin~inl-\ 

I 'i(  n-!aiiii    liu'    (  )iir(ii.    nur    1  ireat     i '.ili  i\r.i    i-^ 
d.aci. 


'i'iir  ct,  lu  ilajiii    nulc    l'' n'  -  ■   :;rt.at   a   'IIUtii. 

\\  iii  l)r  an  iiniiin  .  winuu;!!!   I'lniu  nian\  a  raco  ; 
(  1 1  In  riiii;'  ii\    llic   inlliuiuT   !iii-c<  11 

(  >l'  luT  wiin-r  nuiii'TX   claini^.  ^n  iari;r  a  placi.'. 

Ami  a'-  tlif  snii  taki's  up  tlu-  luav  >   ta^k. 

In   tiu~r  tiark  .ia\>.  wlun  dratli   ^rini-   li  rd  nf 
all  : 
\ii   prnudrr   -crvicr   i\<>   I'anadian-   a-k 

riiaii  fiT  lliat  t'liipiir'-  saki-,  to  -taml  <>v  tall. 

1(J 


■  rcat   >nli  iKitu  <u-  >  •  iim    .1-  * 


llllillrll    il 


I'll  iiinlrr  srrviri-  in   tlir  tinu'  "t   ^\'.■^■<\. 
I'.Miltiii'^  in  ilic  -ti-tnL;l!i  t>.  i-;T\r.  anM  li-u 
'riuir  iiatli  I"  l;1"1\    i'V    ilic  l.ni-lith    >licil. 

'Ilu'  iMfi-  lii'illiiT'-  p.-ni   I-  I'nr^  l"  flaiin. 

With  luad  rnct,  an.l  n..Miir-  ln.ailiinL;  i)ii<K', 
W'l'   st.md   clttiani    tin.  m-li   all   piai-r  an.l   iilanio, 

l)rt'iaiit.  l'\   tlu'  ui  muKil  ni'  tlur'-  -I'lf 

r.ut  falling'  trnniiit!-.  and  tlic  Iialllr  l>la<K ■: 

riic  inn-tt  rinu   Ii",  ],s   t"   wai-liki-  li'>niii-    ^'1; 

Ileal  not  tlu-  wmiul  \\u    infant   w.u  lia>  nia<K'. — 
W'r     nionrn     nnrlu-rknl.    'vv    '^rntU-.    nii^ility 
•  Kail. 


|)a\    f.  iItM\\>  (Ia\.  a-  Time  with   ^r\tlic   a^win:^- 
I  latlu-i-  lii>  ^lua\<>.  inl'i  tlir  nii-lit\    pa-t  ; 

.\   (la\    t'>  wnli;  a  ila\    l"  >'ifll\'  -in^, - 

Tlirn  >Kri)       a  .IrraniK--  -Urp.  \>  >v  all  at  la-t 

And  (U-ath   -'ill  -talk-,  a-  ini-luil\,  and  -rim. 

As  when  ]\v.   -will,  to    IK  rrnlan^uni   ratnr 
r.nt   1".  tlif  liMri-i>r  ..f  that    la\    ^mu-  dim 

A-  haitlr--   Martini. pi. ■.  hnr-t-  l'.  rth  in  tlanu 

|-"cir  nnt  i-i:ntint   with  man  (k'>trn\ini:  man. 

Tlu-   l"nm'.  that  li«,>  inert.  fn;m  -a'^v  \"  aL^r. 
I '|)ixarfd  it>  an.i^ry  lu-ad  and  i»viT-ran 

Tlu-  Mindid  fity.  in  it-  -rn-rU--  ra^rf. 

(  )n  liit.;!!  and  lowly,  man.  and  lan.uhinn  maid; 
I  >n  (|iiit.-l  lionsfhtilds  and  the  lin-\   mart. 

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:>;*■   *5. 


rill-   i\i-(!    I)i;it!i   I't!!.   in  L^i'anilfiir,  full  arr;i_\  r'l, 
\ncl     >lil]((l,     with     niaitM\.     racli     trnnhliiifj 
lu'art. 

Ilh'   Siintlui'ii    ■■]\\    will    -lui'r   auain   i"   jicarc. 

\ii(l   lilllc   \\a\fKl-.  danrr   ali'iii;   tin-   -li'tiT: 
Ncil  time  aii'l  liar\t-i.  cvrlii!-.  ^liall  ii' n  iH'a-i-, 

I'.iit   tlu-c  at'lViuhti  d  •<]]<■-  -liall  waKr  \'.<<  ni"rc. 


'I  lie    war   i-  (inKil  :     Smi:;    aiiil    lu'll-   a  rliiiiic 
I'lal  "HI  tin-  I'iM'U-  nrw-  iinni  Inurr  aii<l  lane: 

'111;'  in(--aL:i-  It  11.  in  ]ini>c   a'lil  jilra^ant  rlixnu'. 
Tin-    L;n--1\    rai'i  Hliim  III,   wai,   i>    .-lain. 

'I  lif  war  i-  rmli'il;  rKarl\   lliri  ii-li  tlic  .^la-- 
I   -IT  tin-  im  II  mliLilil   fall  >  m  rlini'-h  am!  -pin.'. 

Tile  war  i-  cikKiI,  ami  llu'  jiain  will  pa-- 
Anil   Ka\r  Imt   lii:l\   iKcil-.   liapti/nl  in  Uvv. 


I  lie  war  1-  imK'd;  -nfliv    thru'  tlu;  ni'^iu 
Tile  -iiniiiKT  /I'liliw-  lirrailu'  n  'Ui  tlu-  air, 

I'tarc.   i  VaiT  i-  in  tlu'  laml  :  I  Vaco.  anml-lirii^ht 
I'mIiK   In  r   ^I'i'.    win;^-   ami    thrill-    with    happy 
]ira\  cr. 

Tlu-  w.ir  i-  cnilril;    l.ikr  a  ]iala>.-v  tli  n  >r 

Tile     -hiin'rinu     lakr    lii'<     'nratli    tlu-    -inilin-^ 
-ki.-. 

Ami  virgin  watcr-lilir-  Ii\    the  -Imre 

r.rcatik-  i'"l\    "I 'race,"  in   ]ierfnimil  cr-ia-ic-. 

\  nJL^hl  hird  eric-  fr<ini  "Ut   the  darkened  pines 
A  iiMlher-nnte  "f  lii\e,  nm^t  pa,--iiiL;'  -weet. 

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riuTi-.    N\li'.r'.'    ill''    \V"i'!     -lu-li     lili-Tiliu---    v\\- 
|\af,    \\;ni'l.ri'tli.   wiili    iri'lx  wliii.'.   ii:ik>'l   'ift- 


(  111  (  tticrn.  hclMVi',!!      IVrrliaii.-r  in  -  nu',  l.n-lit 
-lar. 

II,,.  ,  '-li.'o  .  ■!  '  uv  i">    nia;    wa.uU  i'  luar. 
Aii'l  i>iii'-i'  tli^    ~\\>'t  1  -nniil  ^   aiar 

Willi  (lirani-  ■  f  'la>~.  wIi'H  t'l"'.'  \'>tri   uitli  n-^. 

lull. 

(  ,,hI    -raiil    lIuM-   lair   r>  I'  '^  ;   ''Hl    it   JilIu.''! 

\\  i:h  ].it  M-iiii.-r  .1.-,  1'.  "i"  li'  '^^   '1'.'^    jH  -pi.'  iMT  : 
Tliv    !i..Mc  1u-;,n  niiiM  liiril!  'a  iili  -valituil.  . 

T, ,  kn.-u    11-  iiv.-l.  a'    la-t.  li  •    n  I'atlL    '-av. 

Til,-   uai-  i~  iii'K'!  :   -1111. 1\    iiirnd  aiiM    i"^-. 

||a\c  iinv'.'i  ilirii-  wiTtli  "ii  utii' >rL;"ii''n  iuM>, 
Aii'l  win!.'  \\r  prai-    llu'  virl.  f.  well  w  r  kiU'W. 

ill,,  pri.l.'  ;;ii.l  \al.  r  <'\  ihr  v 'c  ilia!  \\:\.U. 

Tile  war  i-  I  iv!i  '!  ;  iiia\   ilu-  i!a\  -  ti  >  imhu' 
I'.r  liajijiv    ila\  >  \\i'.li    |i>  a>-i-   "ii   1  \'-i>'  liaiul. 

Till  linic  -lial!  make  "iir  rrxiii-  --rr. 'W-  diiinl. 
\n.l    L'i\rn    tlif    LTavi-    lliat    -imv   a    r.  .!i.|iu  r.'il 
land. 

■j  lir  war  i-  .  ii'lrd  ;  pTMud,        in  rf-al  -lair. 

The  irwclK-.l  cilir-.  v\Av.  llu'ir  lianiur-  tlin^-; 
WliiK-  -ra-ward   far,  tlir  lu'a^in-   -liip-  aw  ail 

TIk-  -laulv  (T.  iwniiiL;  "t  tlair  I'V'l  an^l  kmu'. 


r.t 


rill-.  S(  ».\ii  ( 1 1''  Till".  S!  ».\s 

I  Uar   ilir    Snn> :   tlir    ^lalu.irt    Sons'      I  Irar   the 

cllnnis    1  if     tlU'     Si  Ills  ! 

I  liar  ilu'  Mill  c  if  I'.inpirc  shmitinL;  ivnu  afar! 
"]  J  I.  :i  ijri-aiii  I  f  I'l  is\   wars 
In   ualiiy  a|)])i'ars. 
\nil  tlu'   \iiici-  of   |''cal;\    is  its    .\\atar.' 

Hear  tlic    Xirtli.  tlu'  irallant    N'orili'      Hear  tin- 

sinL;inL;  '  'f  tin.-  Xurtli ! 
In  the  ua\rs  of  (K'stinv   that  lap  tlu'  s|iiii\>: 
■"llail,   ilk'  nn'U  of  lirawn  and   lirains! 
I  lai!.  tlic  RiiKis  i,\  tin-  Plains! 
llcar    Siratlu-nna's    nu-n    inuK    niarcliiniLr    to   the 
fore." 

I  li-ar  the   Suns,   thr   stnr<l\    Sons!    for  tlic  honor 

of  tlu'  Sons  ' 
Hear  tlic  >\!.'v\)  cMiItaiit  >-liauntin^  on  tin.-  lirceze! 
"I'"iir   tlu-   sfali,,.^    (if   ;1h'   Word 
Which   \vc.  listinini.';.   have  luard, 
\\  c    would    drain    oiir    conntr\ 's    clialic.'    to    the 


il'-ar  the  South,  tlu   L^oldcn  South!  for  the  honor 

of   the   South ! 
Near  the   nun  of   Australasia   in  tlu    line: 
"\\  e"\  e  a  diT.t   I  il  lo\e  to  jia\ 
I'or    the   dead    loiii^'  passed    away, 
And  with  living'  men  we  write  otir  countersign." 

I  lear  the  ."^oiis,  the  .'"Southern  Sons!  hear  the  sini:^- 
itiy-  of  the   Sons  ! 

<  hi  tlu'  wiiids  that  hold  tluir  hattle  tlas^s  un- 
furled : 


•'II 


'■\\c  arc-  nian_\ ,  wc  arc  <i1K', 
\\\'  ail'  all.  I  r  wi.'  ari'  none 
111  ..ur  vinuiiiLr  willi  tin-  Smis  ai 


iMiiiid  iIk'  \vt  trill 


Ikar  llu-   1-ast.  the  splciwli.l  l-.a-t  !  for  t!u'  h-n-.r 


if  tlu-  l"".a>t 


IU';ir  till'  imirninr  Una 

••j'or  llu'  Slia])in.u''  "'"iii 


atiiisj-  <i'ir  tlu'  SnullKrn  ^ra 


j-ir  tlir  >akty  > 


tlir 
if  ti'c  Wav: 


azc 


ako  I'ur  swn 


ni-  th;     i.tluT  ])o.iiU>  may  \n-  Ircf. 


Ikar  tlic   Son-,  tlir  < 


lark-cM<l    S-.n^'      I  k-ar   the 


chorus  of  thi'  ^oiis  . 
•\Vc  were  diil.lren.  little  ehiMren.  L-n^-  ai^o. 
When   M'li  .^tianleil   well,  the   s^ate- 
(  )f   a    IniiKlre'l    trouMe<l    -tate-  : 


lU   a>  men  we  c  mie 


to  ])a\    the  <lel't  we  owe. 


tlir  the  lii>nor  oi 


line  i'Ver->eas 


Hear  the  Cape,  the  1"\  al  Caja- 
the   ra])el 

Hear  the  wild  huzza-  that  wele 

Strant;er-l)rother>.  stran-e  im   more 
■^iiH-e  the  i^Teetinu'  ou  the  shore 

Claims   the   tire.l    soldier   >trai-ht-way.   miu-    wi 


th 


tlu 


Hear  the  Son> 


the  iiohle  Sons'     Hear  the  eliant- 
ino-  ,,f  the  Sons'. 
'1-or  the  love  we  hear  the  land  from  wlience  we 
eome. 
\\c   will   render   irasi.   and   iiioan : 
We  will  pav   in  hhod  and  hone  — 

I'riee.'  beside    the    irallant    men     trom 


Pav    tlu 


Hoi 


ne 


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Il'.-.r  111.-   li,M.  til,-  .tric-krn   l-i.M  !  imi-  iI:.-  liMnor 

nl    tin-     lirM  ' 

H.ar  tlir  Nv.ii-ninL;  t.i  tlir  iril,,-  lii.-.t   !ir  I„\.,n.I: 
"W  In  IT  was  s,,\\n   tile  I1-,  a,l:rr.  n-   -od 


(  ) 


"  111'-  ii.irMM  (ii  ;■   traii(  ir'- 


<V<  'kill     III    Pi 


^•''""    ''"■    >'"i-.    'Ii'-    Maluan    S.ii:-.'       ||rar    iln- 

-nvjiii--  I  f  tl;,-  Si  III- ' 
Hear  tlu    M,u  III"  I  iiiiiiiv  -liuiiiiii-  I'r,  ,in  alar: 
"  I  -'  I.  a  iiiraiii  I  i'  1.  -■„    \  (Ml-, 
III    vialit;,    aiiiirar-, 
•\'i'l  ''!■■  \  ''■'■'■  I  r   Train    i,  ii-    \\aiar." 


I.W  IT  \  I  l«  '\ 


I  'lllr    III  !in    _\  '  <\\V    >r\\  rl\'l    i  llii  -  ; 
(   '  'Illf     IT'   III     \  ■  '\\V    I.tilllnl    I.   w  n>- 

')iiu'  wlur,-  ilir  wiii'l-  air  irlliiiL; 
I  alt-   ti  •    tile    lauuliinL:'   il'  'U  ii-. 


Sti  ii  ir.  Ill  tlic  iTiuI  Ml  a'liiiill  : 
I'.ani-li    ilif    -!i<~-.    :\\]i\    -trii'r. 

I  lark  !■  1  liu-  liaiiii'iiiL^.  raliiir^ 
\  I  lii'c  'if  ilu-  jc  i\     ,[■  lii'c. 

(  I  'lllr.   w  lu  ri    i-   k.]'!    till-   I'rt  -'.in- 

Mill     I  il     ]il'!!lliA"aI       l.-'.W  II, 

t  '  'I1U-.    w  lirfr   tlif    w  ■  '  HHanii     ■  aUT- 
I'liau'.c   lla    llii'-lin,;    I'awii. 

I  )ri:ik  I  i  tin-  w  iin  ■  'I  -iiiiiiiu  i . 
>lii»-i-'l   w  illi   a   iiiiili'  ii    ll.  -w  it-. 

<    <  «  111]     li\     lllf    ill'  'llin.-'lll     lirri/r-,  - 

I  )a-li(  i|  Willi  liic  -i!\  I  r  -II'  '\  I  1  -. 

■   '  iiiu-  ill'  '11.  aii'l  lu-ar  iku'  rain  liii''!' 
M  '.  -lirak    ill'  iiriMiil    'Tv  . 

W  ili:i  --  at   I  \  r  tlu-   _;l'  ir\ 
<  U  <  I'  "1  ill   tin-  w  v-lcni  -k\ . 

SIrcp  with  |lu'   xilirant   -lar  -liiiu 
I'lil-iiiL;'  all!  '\ .     \(  mr   juail 

I.appri]  in   i!u'   li'\;l\    -iUiuT 
l.niliiiL;  t'li-  liaiiju    'Ira'i. 


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rill".   NOkTii 

Xiirtli,   X'lirtli.   X'cirtli.  oh.  the  i^nr^-i-i  nis   Xuiili ! 

Krni  .1^  ^w  inl  hlailr  >tefl, 
>iiniiil   ;in(l   ^\\cct   ;i>  ll:c  virgin   <la\" 

<  hi   w  liii'li    •  ii  1(1   -I  I   lii^   ^(.al. 

<ii'ii(l,  tine  siiull  <:\  till'  pKa-ani  earth 

I')!  iviK'  fruni  niMvi'k--^  -i';.-<  ; 
Mar^hx    \\hi;Y>   fri  im  tlu'  riTi|-liir<r<  liauiits. — • 

(  lean.    ui)-hi  iIiJiniL;    hm/i-. 

(  il' iiii  m-  ilmviT  ni  ImiuikHo'-  jdainl 

N'outli.  itiTiial  \i)iuh  : 
l.iiiuh    >iiai\'-.  ami   u  iii'l-^w  rjit   -tar-. 

r.(  atitil'ul    a-   truth. 

.Xiirth.    X'liitli,    Xortli,   oh.   i!i\    j;i  iri^^rc  m-    X'o-'IiI 

'It mli'r.  -tri  tii^'  ami  trta.'. 
Mien   lirnl  \\<  r  alien   !>'  'ni 

(  an  ,L;ra-[i  i  mr  1'  i\  c  i'  <v  \i  ui. 


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Till'.     \KK(  i\\     I.  \Ki-S 

Tlu'  Arrow   liko  wirr  llic  1;iIm>  w  r   ^ailnl 

The   li'iiu;th  lit  ;i    >iuiiiiur  il;i\. 
With   tlu'  taiiu,''  (if  the  ili-tant    t'nrcst   firr^. 
And  till'   snft.  pair   siiinki'  '  <\   tluir   tirriT   di-^iri 
I  lanntiiii;  u>  all  tlif  way. 

Oh  I  tlir   -ta  L^rci'ii  wattr  aluiiL:  tlu-   -hi  ire. 

('naxiiiLT  thr  tunihliiiL;-  rilN. 
KipjiliiiL;-  far  in  thrir  sweet  unrr-t, 
Tjki'  a  tan^K'  (if  i(.\\H'ls  aiTu--.  thr  hrra-t. 

(  M'  tlu-  waiit(  !i.  iiaintcd  hill-. 


Oh.  tlu'  -(iI)l;-  '  f  thr  mrnnai'I-  far  licl.nw 
Wfrr  tl(  latitiL;  •  m  iNcrx    lim/r! 

F.iitraiuTd  wr  watched  fdr  tluir  ^i:ldcii  hair. 

.And   t^linip-rd   their  faee-  -ifiia--iiiu;   fair, 
( "leave  the  eiirhaiiteil  -<  a-  ' 


-f: 


A/ 


-^& 


J^: 


'I  111-.     M  \U\  l>  I      -!(  .KM 

I  li  .11"   tin     It  -i'  .n~    I  ii'    ilu     i;iiii 

.•^l'  >\\  I\    ti-.ini|ilniL:   I  '<  i-  ill.'  ]il;iin  ! 

■^'  '    llii'  iiii-l  \ .  ~\\  ;i\  iiiL;   inn;iiii. 

\\  ,i\  i'iil;'.    -iK  ii\  .   nil,-.  it,-iiii. 

Ti.-iiiiiiL;    -!;iiiI!iil;!;.    ;irr. .--  tii,    -la^-x    -I.-i.ii' 

I  III  iii-JiiiiL:   v\  illi  il  ~   i''  tint  .  i"  f.icrv  . 

'I  liii-t\    iiii';i!!i!.  MntV  .-iinl  ]M-;iirii-  : 

Will  .  f  -I  .--a I !!.■'■  I,,  iw  i\i   til,    ,nii  ;,\\<\  -lia.ic. 

I  Ic.'lf     lllr     -Ic  ,|.I\  ,     l"!  .;i>-iii-     1  Mat 
'  m'  till-   f.aiii'-  .iiKaiii-iii-    I'l  1  t  ' 

.^1  '■    till-    -mi'-    -I.  >VU',    IT'Mflh'.l     \A]n  V 

\  .'iii-li   ill  ili(    i''  !'!iiiL;   \  .ip'  n' 

ilf.af   llif    wiMw I    -I.i\\l\     -tirrin^    witi'    iiiir. -t ! 

W  ai'-li  ilic  w  ;M  iliiiiL'-  in  Itrr  -l..iltci- 

.■^t  <  K    llii'    w.afiii    1  .-iMli'-   iirlain    -!:i-!trf  ; 

liafk  '  ;;:r  i''.'i;i-<    hid.Irti  Mr.]  wiil'iii  it-  !!.■-'. 

!  1    i-  >■'  'Iiu'iil;  '      I  .i-ii  ii  '      I  .i-ii-n  ' 
'  H;int    Ir.ar.lr.  p-    t.all   aiiM    u'i-Mi 
<  Ml   ilir  cIk  ilx-  .  .|'  n-iii!-.  Ill   r,  :>(  , 
I  iial    till-   luraM    wiifl    ili\rl,i,,>:  — 
Ilu  i\'  -  a    nil  n.irc   aii'l    a    -iLiIniiL;    i  \  (■f\  w  lu  Ti.  . 
l-'til   tile   'K  ,  ji   liia-ati!    -!i  ..\  i\    lakan. 
W'liilc  lli<'  \'.  •  irl.l  i-  -till  iin-li  ikrii, 
\''\    lllr   iiianil.aic-  ..i"  tl'.     |iii^M,f-  •  •{  tlu-  ,aifl 


I  iriiii    i-  till'   liLilit    "\ar   \,ilK\    and   nitiuntain. 

I 'ratli    .aiiii    'li-a-irr.    f'tii'iM    in    ii-    ^li^w, 

\\  liilc  '.iir  claik   rl.miU.   in  iluir  iliun>K>rt  ai-  I'-nn- 

Iain, 
."-■li.akc  witli  till'  \\i  iv.lil  <'\  llui'   nu'>-a.''i    '  i  wir. 


Sn;i|i'      I  lii"'t '-  a  ^tar  'iii  ilir  uiiidnw  |iaiir  ia\- 

111-. 
Ami    "I  lie    ulu-at.    <  Mi    tlu'    wluat,"    in    a    I'ihl,' 

lin  ikrii  fr\  : 
|-'iir  ilu'  wlii'ai.        tlu    •^"]i\   aIumI        llu'  -.fttlrr  is 

]ira\  ill:;'. 
And  liiitrr  a-  iKatli  i-  ilu-  wiatli  "t  ilir  -InV. 

(Ill   tlu    ilniiii-  I'l'  tile    tlnni'ltr.   llir    Hail  kiiiu;   i-' 

And    t(i--iiiL;    lii'^    -imt    a!id    -lull,    rartli ward    in 

■■.'~^inih'  little   Iw'itlur"  tlu-  dnmi-  kftp  rrpratini,'' : 
"Smite   \  et   aL^ain.  eic  we  linrr\   and   lUe." 

Stilleiily  nnttt'rinL;.  and  ^uliKiny,  and  sii^IiiiiM', 

l'"ar  in  tlu-  di^tanv'e  tlu-  tninnlt   i--  dsiin.^. 

'1  lunideri  n>l\    ^li;dxen    the    -iieiit    elmuU   are   -!i])- 

pin-- 
()v(.T  the  edL^e  "t  the  w  >  lid  a-dri]ipinu;-. 

There"-,  a   llntter.  and  a   i.;lilter. 

In  the  treet'  p-.  aiicl  a  tw  ittt-r 

I'min   a   --mall    --tnnt  hearted   >inL;er, 

Of  the  ^nn  the  tn>i   ji  i\   l)riiii;er. 

('hirpini,'-  eheeril\  ;  "The  ■.turni.  the  -turm  is  n'vv" 

l-'lirts   hi-   tail,  atul   -hakt  -  his   feathers. 

In  detiatu'e  of  all  wiatlurs. 

I'liat  may  hail  nr  thunder,  hhister.  hl^w  i<v  pnur! 

Unt  where  rniiu-d  tields  are  Kiiii^ 

In   their   -trieken   heantx    d\ini.;'. 

There  the  lilatudud   I'ace  of  the   -ettliT  culd,  and 

.i^riin. 
With  its  lodk  (if  traL;ii"  dnranee. 
(iives  til  all  the  wirld  assurance, 
'I  hat   1  ne  hitter   eup  is   runninLT  n'er  the  hrim. 

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I  III-:    l'\!  II    <  »l      I  III'.    MOOX 

'lu    Mk...    j.    J 

I'.ridc-  iti  ilif  water:  cliild  df  ilic  ir.oDti; 

SiKiTv .  ■-IliIliIl;^^  tar  : 
I-radiii^  Miai^hi  t.i  tlir  latui  <  >i  .Itraiiis, 

<  >\rf  the  a/iiic  l)ar. 

Iiilci   its    ^Iiiri.iu-   path    nf  lit^lit 

<  ili<k'   with   y<iiir   |)a(MIc    t'ni  : 

I  .avc    MMlr    sdill    ill    tllr    !M\rhr^t 
\  i--i(  111    that    till  )ftals   ^rc. 

St((r  liif  thi-  .L;al(s,  ami  tdWir-  ..f  Spain 
Ma\  hap.  thi  \"I1  Kt   ii~  thinn^Ii 

Inl"  that   iraliii  <ii  tiu-lMiiimciii   I'air. 
Whtff  ihr  (hiani>  >>\   nu  ii  i-i.iiir  true. 


•2S 


K^.y\ 


I  111-,    (   \\  \|)l  W    l"\(  II  l(     \<  \ii.\\  \v 

With  a  miu;li;\    r'l.ir.  iimhi  plain  ami  liill. 

Tlu'   KiiiL;  "t  till-  IriMi    Trail. 
SwiiiL;-  intii  >iL;lu,  ami  tlif  -latidii-  thrill. 

With  the  ^iii'^iii.L;  uluil.  ait<l   rail. 

lly  <hi\  aii-1  ila\.  frnin  the   I'.;:>-lirii  -lip-. 

'rhv   imniiL;rant    train-    i;m   h\ . 
T'.rinL;inL;-    nun.    and    in.ii'l-.    irmn    tin-    dop  -ta 
-hip- : 

.Xnd  In  mu-.  a   I'ai'.  far  cr\ . 

I'"r'ini  l';i-t  ami  Wi-t.  in  an  liidlr--  tlnu 

(  >n  llii-  Ii  iiil;.  narr.  >\\   -irii  i  ; 
The   -I'n-  '  >i  nu-n   p;i--  l'  ■  anl   I'r'  ■. 

Aii'l    I'.a-t    and    \\'i-t.   hciT   nud. 

.\t'ar  tin  \    i.;".  with  their  T  ;id-  if  cirn. 

\\  lurr   thr    -ilvcr  rihl"  m-   lir. 
To  the  i'cri   wlurr  the   l."rd  <  <i  l)a\   i-  hurn. 

And  tlu-  I'ort  th;il  -<■(■-  hi,n  die 

Tin     htiilder-    uronL^hl    a-    ihc    i^nd-    .  i|    nM. 

With   hninan   lifr  ;ind   iiain, 
'J'hiA    lc\<lKd   tlu-  ni"iuit;iin-,  lit    with  .^'iM. 

\'i  I  make  tin   palhwav   plain. 

'I'lu-  -tat(-l\    -lii]>-  afar,  and  afar. 

l'l(iiii;h  tlui'  the  I'lianntin^'  -ra, 
l')\   -nn.  and  numn.  and  tlu-  Lrrrat   XOrth  Star 

Til  fitriii-h  fund  for  tlu-i-. 

'I'lu    K-vir-  ari    laid  <  'n  tlu-  (  trimt. 
|-'ri  mi   (  hina  t"    11  indn-t;tn  : 


■i'J 


W  II  ii  111  .i-".i '    n .  \  1    II  ■  'III  till   lit  ->  II  ;i  III, 
'  >r  till    ji.ilan  -  '  'I  J.ipaii, 

M,iL;i'ian  aiiil   -I'lia  rrr  <  i'  tlir  W  r^i  ' 
I  111  :n    lia-l    -1  i\\  II    llii-   inaL^ii'    ^idl 

I  bat    I'l'  '^-i  iiii-   111  1  ilii  -   iiiu  h    iliT^t. 
I  1  >  iiu  1  I   a  natii  n'^  iiml. 

I  111-  III  111   I'.at    I'l  ii  \  1  I    Inrki  iii>  1 .11  ■ 

.\i'(  i]  1  il'  till-  <  ii\  1  f.  aiiil  '  lift  : 
\'i  III  lit'  till    >i.ii-~  III  111  tilt    iiirL;iiI  ilav.ii 

W  lu-fi    till    iiii-i-  1  It'  III'  iiniiiL:  lilt . 

lii>t,itit  111  111  I  t'  a  ili-taiit  L;iial 

liif  till-  L;atnrriil    ^liial.  aiiil   -liiifk: 

W'laltli    ilial    i\ir  inn~t   miwaril   fi 'll 
ji  1   it>  linii'_;t\     I  I'l  an   i|i  "'Is. 

I  ii\    liuililrr^   \\riitiL;lit  a-  tin-  i^i  il-  iil  nM. 

\\  itli  liuiiiaii  life  and  pain  : 
'I  lir\    U-\tlliil   tin-   nil  lUtuain-.  li|i|iril   with   s^ 

\iiil  mailr  tin    jiatliwa}    ]ilaiii. 


:u) 


^71  'kS^>^ 


TIIF  MAIU  11  Ol-  Till'   XORTIIKRX  MKX 

r.ritaiii  calU'il  tlu'iii :  smis  ivir  tiiust  nln'v; 

I'lritaiii  oallril  iluin;  lo.  tlu\  ari'  up  and  a\va\  ! 
rp,    and    a\va\,    to   tin-    vililt-laml :    juii.i,dc.    ami 
niar>li.  ami  Un  ; 
I".v<.'r    wc    luar    an    echo;    the    inarch    uf   tlic 
NortiKrn   Men. 

Sec  lliciii  iiuirihin;^,  list,  III  the  Jriii'i-.'t\its  j\iU'. 

Hear  till'  fill'  oft  cchi'iii;^  biijcs  call! 
Sec  tliciii  maich  thro'  jitir^lc.  iiiul  iiuirsh  ami  fen! 

Ciod  of  Hattlcs.  hear!  for  our  Xortheni  Men. 

I.antzhinq'  lads,  delighted  the  >uininin  •  '; 

.■^tenuT  niaiiliiiiid,  thrilled  ;il   the  nia^ic  w 
"C'diiie.  tliMii,  and  >tand  he^-ide  nie.  n;i>,  it  is  i 
nf   need. 
lint  that  the  nations  may  trul> .  >ee  ye  are  sons 
indeed." 

Evcrv  word  of  hattK'  lnneath  the  sea, 

Hinds  'is  closer.  Mother  of  Lamls.  to  thee. 
I'or  of    lur  own  we've  i^iven  ;  citie>  and  Western 
plains 
Shout:  "We  are  linked  forever;  hound  with  a 
thousand  chains." 

Wide  seas  sever:  hand  may  I'ot  join  with  hand, 

r.ut  our  he:irts  are  far  in  a  foreitrn  land; 
Mother,  whose  heart   is  h-okin  hy    sorrows  be- 
yond our  ken. 
Hold  we  yonr  hands  in  silence,  and  pray  for 
our  own  hrave  men. 

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M 


WIII'AT    I'll".  LI  )S 

A    far,   far  >lirt'-li   of  prairie ; 

A   wiml.   perfinm-il   wiili   tlnwcrs; 
A   iiK'afli  i\\ -lark,   snft   sinuinLT, 

'riirMiiL:li  all  tlif  nmrniiiLr  liinir-. 

.'.nd  ^prr.'iil.  fri  im  ea-1   tn  wotward 

I'"ar  ;is   tlie  i'M''^  licln  iM. 
r.nit  .itli   till-  I>hu',   Mut'   lu'a\riis 

l.ir  i'\v\<\^  (pf  I)unii>Iu'iI  <ji  iM. 


wixxii'icr; 

A  strniit,'-  Minnt;  oit\   fdldnl  in  tlic  crease 
i  hat  halves  a  enntinent  tnini  >ea  tn  >ea. 

And  i^irt  ah' nit  with  fair,  f.ir  IxiiiLT  tk'Ms, 
rile  vMJden  lar<je^--e  f^r   futurilw 


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Till".     r.I.IZZARI) 

(  )nt  nf  till'  m\-tii-;i]   .\'<'rtli  canu'  llir  wind, 

Trnililr,  -a\;iL;r  ami  ^rim. 
1  |i 'lunlin^'  Ixf'iir  him   llir  tivritu'l   >nii\v, — 

(.razi.'(l.   w  lit.il   tlif   trail  ,L;ri.'\\    iliiii. 

(  )\vv  tlu'  iiimnitain^,  llu'  lK\'t  ■^ii'iu   ran; 

( 'rt  iiu'liiiiL;'  in   valU_\>  tn  lot. 
|-".\rr  tile  iiHri-ilv-.-  wiiul  dn^^rd  lur  dnun, 

Spvini;'  tidin  cixvirc  and.  cir^t. 

'riiron-li    tlir    wild    nit^lit-tinu-    In-    laijfi'd    in    hi- 
uratli. 

i'.iatinu'  tlk'  \\a\-fanT  Mind: 
Si)riad   liki'   a   ]u'--tilciu\'  nvir   tlu-   land: 

Scattrrinu;'  dratli   lnhinii. 

Willi  in  luT  ttiTiir  tlu-  ^ptiit  ^nnw  fell, 

1  rll,  and  tlu'  u  ind  \\a-  ^i  me. 
\\  Iiitr  a,^  tlir  dead,  and  a--  <till  -lie  lay 

W  lien   canir  the  ^lininuiini;-  dawn. 


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mm 


MV     HOSTF.I.KV 

I'lhir  ^k\   fur  tile  nmi'  df  \u\  li;in(|iK't  hall, 

(  Shall  I  not  Inia-t  ?  i 
Ami  "lai-ics  pii'd  wjurr  iii\-  frrt  shall  fall. 
With  ihr  fiiur  ^nat  wiiiil-  f'T  ni}   ra>llr  wa; 

Ainl    <  ii  h1  fi  If  iii\-   1  [i  i>t. 


S'  i.\i ,  ( )i'"  Tiih:  <i;i.i"   i',i.\i)i:k 

(  lick-clirk,  rlick-clirk.  clirk-click  ! 

I  luniniiiii,'-.  uhirriiiL;-,  huininiiiL:! 
(  lirk-rlirk.  click  click.  I'lick-click  I 

1  am  cmiiinL,^.  CDmiiiL;.  cuiniiiL,^! 

My  .aniiiir  hrii^Hit  is  tla^-hiiiL;- 1 
.\!  \    s\\i  ird  is  tnu'  ami  tried. 

(  111  -w.'iniiu;  i)ri(U'  nf  MinuiuT. 
I   ci  mil-.  !iiy  hriiU',  in\    hridc  I 

'ihc   dallviiiL,^  da\  s   h:i\o   luitcrcd 
.""^incc  first  the  hreath  (if  spring'. 

In  ^iift   jimphetio  whiskers 

I'oretdld  this  wundrcus  thini,^. 

T'.'.tt   now   T  lioar  the  black-binls 
IJei^in  with  swdliii;^  llimats. 

Tlu'ir  lusty,  harvest   anthem. 
in    stridi'nt.   r.'iucous   nutis. 


Click-click,  click-click,  click-idick 
IIiimmiiiL;.  wliirrint,'".  humminir 

Click-click,  click-click,  click-click 
I  am  comincf,  oomiiii^,  coiiiinc^! 

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":  ^m^-  ---^:.:^^^f^.^^^^H^w^ 


The    tinkliiiq-   l)oll>    •:>(   cattle 
Make  imi>ie  oVr  the  wheat, 

I'nmi  where  in  \\\>h.  j^reeii  marches 
The  herds  dnnvse   in  the   heal. 

Mv  huniminir.  whirriiiL;,  hununinL;! 

I'roclaiiii.  (jh,  ^ohleii  slieaves ! 
I  am  enniiii,t^.  coniini^,  eoiniiiL;! 

In  the  liaze  the  Northland  weaves. 

I   eonie,    I   ennie.  my   tremhlini^, 
.And  i.,''ol<len-cr(>wned  hridi'' 

With  meii-at-anns  all  ready 
To  rally  .<j  your  side. 

(  )h  ha>ten,  slaves,  my  chariot! 

Lash  hard  my  charuers  three. 
M\    love   i--   held    in   durance. 

And  I  come  to  >et  her  free! 

The  day  —  the  In  mr  —  the  triumph  ! 

ki^ht  joyously    1   smt^: 
"Oh    lie;         )f  ("lold,   I'm  cominj,% 

A  Xorsi     an,  and  a   Kini,^!" 


THE    LAKK    Ol'    THE    WOODS 

Lake  of  the  water-lilies  ! 

Lake  of  the  thousand  wiles! 
Lake  of  the  shade  of  heaven 

Answering  smiles  with   smiles. 

Sprinkled  villi  jade-like  gems 

The  jewels  an   angel   Hung 
Far.   from   his    out-stretch.ed    hands 

When  this  wheeling  world  was  young. 

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SiiiiliiiLT,  tlic  ani;(l   \\lii^|nrf(l  : 
"I.iMik  to  tlu'  liliK'  nil  Iiii^li  : 

-W'vtr  Inok  <li>\\ii  to  (larkiK-^ 
Mir'         he    lau.L^liiiiL,"   >ky." 

Sti.  in  I  111'  i"sy  (k'lwnini,''. 

(ircrtiii;^-  his  o-raciniis   sinilc. 
And  fanned  hy  hi>  L;Ieaniin;4  ]iinii>ns, 

I  )iiii|iK>  the  kike,  tlic  wliilr. 

( la/iiiL,^  afar   the   iL,mardian 

Sees  in  the  mirror's  faee 
rile  lloeks  of  lieaven,  qeiitly 

l\oeked    in   the    wind's   eiul)race. 

And  oft  in  the  summer  t\viHi,dn, 
A   cloud   hke  a   wliite  canuo 

I-"Ioats  over  tlie  fore>t  isk'S. 
And  ;m  an^el  is  all  the  erew. 

(luided   hy   sluulowy   hamls 
'i'he  white  hoat  sails  away, 

C  leaving'   the  ])erfumed   du^k 

l-"ruin  clusc  tu  the  break  of  day. 

Tts  cary;(>  of  balmy  airs, 

Ami  dews  from  the  midnisj^'ht  sky, 
Scattered   far  and   wide 

As   the    buovant    craft    sails    b'". 


IJlessins;-  with  bounteous  fin.t:;ers 
/ej)hyr,  and  drop  of  dew 

Tossed    from   the   fairy   frei.^hter, — 
The  wt)nderful,  white  canoe. 

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Titus.  (IiH's  tlic  LTiianliaii  uatcliini^. 

l-'aitlilully  vJLjil  krrp : 
I  li  >V(.rini,r  ivir  mar 

1  li>  Iicaiuiful  i-Iis  a>Irip. 


A    RAIXV    XK.HT 

Dripping;',   driijpiiii^-,  cviT   drijjpiiii:^. 
While  tlie  <laylit;lit   iliin   is  >lip|)iti,t,' 

l'a>l  away. 
Mist,  (.)ii  all  tile  landscape  l>ins,'. 
rp,  above,  the  storin-elniids  tlyiiifjj 

Cliill  and  i:,v:i\ . 

C'liiuds  ntiw  tossed,  and  torn,  and  riven, 
i'.v  the  .i,ui>ty  l)rcezes  driven 

Swiftly    on. 
(  )ut  of  rans^e  of  mortal  seeint,', 
Mever  pausinJ,,^  ever  fleeing- 

Towards  the  dawn. 

Raininj;.  rainintr,  ever  raininj;: 
Darkness  on  the  dayli<,dit  sj^ainint; 

Swift   enshrouds. 
All  the  winds  of  nij^ht  are  wailing, 
l-'or  tlie  moon  her  face  is  veiling 

In  the  clouds. 

I'ark!     A  sudden  witchTike  screaming, 
And  a  baleful   glinnner  gleaming 

Thro'   the  night. 
With  a  clang  like  \'ulcan"s  hammer 
Comes  a  train  with  clash  and  uaiiKjr 

Into  siglit. 

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)-^m'^^jm^m^^ 


Liki-  paK'  stars  in  iiiistv  si'ttiiitj 

Masli  tile  rain  tU'i-kt'!  win  Inws  tn-uini,'' 

r.ar-  i<\   li.^lu. 
(  )n.   a>   il    [)ursiK(l.   tlir   \  i^iuu 
S])t.T<l>,  with   uiM   iTio  of  (Kri^ii m, 

And  atYrit;lit. 

Sl'iuly  (lies  a\va\    the  rint, 
.And    an   nrir    >iid(Unrd    (|nict 

I' alls  annnid, 
I'.riikrn  by  the  rufnl  dashiniL^ 
( )f  the  heavy  rain-<Ir(]|)s,  s])lasliin.c;' 

(  )n  the  t,''r(innd. 


S1'KI.\(; 

L()n^^  jevil  .-tretclies  ulure  the  snilied  snows 
Lie   heaped    in    drifts    ai^ainst    the    posts,    ami 
wires 
That    close    ahont    the    fields,    where    hlackeneil 
scars 
Show   where  haxx-  cre])t  the  antuinn's  stuhhle 
fires. 

On  fi'dd  and  Iiij^hway  falls  the  sleet  and  nun, 
In  icy  j)ools  tliis  chnrlish.  day  of  sprint^: 

Poor  sprint^,  a-shake  in  winter's  sodden  raj.^s ; 
Too  cold  to  smile,  too  miserable  to  sing-. 

Oh.   slowly   wakeni!ig   nymph !   make   haste   and 
don 
Thine  own  fair  robes :  with  garlands  deck  thy 
hair, 
Unloose  the  lakes,  and  streams,  herb,  tree,  and 
flower, 
All  nature  in  thy  largesse  claims  a  share. 

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MC'.AlLI'S 

I'^or  iIkj-c  will!   MciiiL;-,   ^it,',  t.;u"li  'la\    i-  \io\n 
A   niiraclr  nf  jciv   wlun   iiiL;lit   i^  il'nu, 

A  niirarlc  a>  L;rt-at  a>  iIimul;!'   racli   iii'Mii 
An  ait.ml  ln_ralil(,'(l  ilu'  ri-iiiL;'  ^uii. 

I'air   mirack'S  i  if  dawn   anil    -un-it    l;"M. 

Straiij^c  miracles  nf  uliicli  tlir  wniM  i>  riiV. 
SwL'tt   niiraoKs   nf  luid  and   n  iM.li.ai'  I'M     - 

Stern  miracles  uf  birlli,  and  dcalli.  ami  lite. 


A     DAY     1\     Sl'KlX*; 

After   these  dizzy,   shrieKiiiL;'  winds, 

(  )li,   snnny   perfect   day. 
We  uelcnnie  thee  with  lit^hteneij  hearts, 

The   chiMren    at    their   ])lay 
Are  wild  with  j(i\   tn  he  released 

( )nce  more  fmni  cramjjim^'  w;dU, 
The  hlackhirds  lan.L^h  in  .scattered  ilncks, 

The  saiicv  ruhin  calls. 
Amid  the   faded,   frn>t-uiirn   leaves 

Of  last  year's  witiiered  Lrrass, 
Fresh,  tender  sjjronts  are  ]ic<  pimL;  up 

To  f^^reet  me  as   I   jjass. 
And   short-stalked,   Mne   anemones 

Lift  bravely  to  the  sun 
Tlieir  dauntless  lieads,  in  downy  hoods 

By  Frost  and  l*ho.'bus  spun. 


3» 


:^^^^^:^^i^.^ 


x-.'TFt^c^^ 


'iiii-:  ixDiAX  ciiii:i"s  r.\Ri".\vi:i.L 

■'(  ill.  Strmi^-ln  art  I  waki'.  it  i^'lawii. 

iNciminlur  tlic  paitiiiL:'  placr. 
(  )li.   r.ra\i'-Iirari.  lia^tni  ainl  dnit.'. 

()|UL-  more  Ki  u\v  ^vc  tliy  fact.'. 

Mv    l'.r.'iv(.>  arc  w,  it  hilt  .-imi   lurcc  : 
W  ar-l)i  mm  ted  \\anitir>  thc>. 

I  |i  it  i>  ir  the  cla-li  aii'l  din. 

'1  lie  tluiiulcr.  ami  >iiii>kc  nf  the  fray. 

Mv  pniiif^  arc  n^ady  ami  licet. 

Like  lia\\k>  they  suecji  the  plain, 
llrave-luart.  "li,  ])ra\  tn  the  l;i»1>. 

\\\'   all    reach   lidiiie  ai;ain. 

I'Or  tlie  Tale  face  I'.ravcs  slM'it  >traiL;ht 
.\t  the  KeiUkin's  iiakdl  hrca^t. 

And  he  who  rides  to  the  fi.s;lu 
I'Or  iiianv  inomis  mav  rest. 


I\a\veeii 


call  to  Dtir  ijodsl 


••(  )h.  Maiiit..:     .Maiiitol     Hear! 
Weaken   the    snndiaired   chiefs 

l-'or  the\  kiinu  n^r  llinht  iht  fear." 

()h,  ."^troiij; -heart,  peering;  far 

When  the  W'ar-wliuups  die  a\va\ , — 

Oh,  soft  eyed  soul  of  mc 

I  will  ride  by  iiiL^lit  and  day. 

■^  Till  I   see  thy  tent-i)oles  i,deain 

AL;ainst   an   evenin.14    >ky.  — 
x       Oh.  Stron^dieart  1  will  conic  — 
Will  conic  it  hnt  to  ilie." 

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Till'    I.ON'AI.IST 

S(i\(; 

A  ii.iliiiii  ui'.  hut  iKul\    tiamnl 

Irmii  tlic  iKilii;!!"-  I  I  llu'  r;irlh. 
^\■l  lovally  tniv  t"  the  l>r;i\r.  "M  ilauT 

That  L;nar<U  thr  hiiul  of  diir  l)irth. 
\'c^.  Itiyal  and  tnu'.  arc  \vc  nf  the  ICast, — 

And  \\f  of  the  ^oMeii   \\'e>t, — 
We.  who  dwell  on  the  motionless  scas 

'1  he   \ears  have   rocked   to   rc.-t. 

C/ioriiS. 
I  ho'  we  arc  n<it  I'ritons  from  over  the  scas, 

Xor  all  have   Ihitish  sire>. 
\\l  s^reater  love  for  the   r.riti>h   llaj^ 

Lives  not  in  the   I-Jtujli^h   shires. 

We.  of  the   farm>  and   the  swaunu;'  fields 

<  >f  ri])i)linL;'.  ni>tlinL,'-  }.,rrain. — 
W'e.  who  live  near  the  earth's  fnll  hrcast, 

And  reap  of  the  sun  and  rain  : 
We,  who  arc  wi?>c   in   nature's  wavs. 

And  who  toil  for  a  nation's  weal, 
W'oulil  tiL^ht  till  the  last,  red  drop  was  spent 

And  our  hearts  had  ceased  to  feel. 

^\"e,  of  the  ranch  of  a  tliousaiid  kinc, 

W'Ikj  may  look  over  leat^ucs  of  land, 
Straii^dit  to  the  ijjatcway  of  earth  and  sky 

I'imiarrcd  hy  a  human  hand. 
W"c.    who   arc   brouiicd    1)\    the   sun.   and   the 
wind,  — 

And  arc  fearless,  frank,  and  free, 
Will  not  l)c  the  last  to  oiTcr  arms 

When  the  summons  sweeps  o'er  the  sea. 

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I 


.! 


f-  I — ;-i   T-^ 


W'c,  nf  tile  iiiiiu"^  who  ^I'arrli  Mr  iZ<M, 

.\\\>\  iW'j;  ill  the  <liiii.  ilark  drifts; 
\\\-.   ulio  nnd  iniiii   the   naknl   mcks 

I  lu-  rirlu-^t  I  if  iiatiirt'>  ,!4ill>  ; 
We.  wlin  are  niu;L,uik  ami  rnk',  and  niu.i;li, 

And  -hnt  I'loni  llu'  nprn  >ky  — 
W'l.nid  iinir  at  tlir  fall  'if   l'irilaiu'>  nrcd 

111  >land  1)\   lliL'  llau  i  if  ilir. 


CANADA 

Land  (if  till-  rill,  an;l  the  river; 

l.anil  I  if  tile  sia  and   the  plain; 
Land  wluic  the  lirea>t-  of  the  prairies 

Swell  with  their  bounty  of  j^rain. 
Land  <if  the   tniitliill.  and  innnntain; 

Lake  an'   the  unoded  >h(ire; 
\'«iuthfnl,  u'errunninL,''  with  lau,L;hte'- ; 

(ilad.  with   her  hand  on  the  ddor. 

Welcoininj^    kindred,    and    stranj,aT, 

Thither-ward.  I'nnidenee  led: 
' 'r(iini>in,i^    homes   to  the   lu)ineless ; 

I'eedinL;  the  hunL;r\   with  liread. 
Land  where  the  malice  of  cities 

Dies,  where  the  runnini,--  winds  hkjw  ; 
Land  where  the  ham])ered  discover 

Room  for  their  stunted  to  grow. 


Land   where  tl^e   sorrowing  exile 
Lravs  for  a  share  of  the  sod 

Free  irom  the  knout  of  oppression 
That  scourges  his  worship  of  God. 


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\\\'.  ulio  arc  (.liildri'ii  li\   hirtliriLjlit. 

I'rcily  i.tir  litrit.iL;*-   -i;arf 
With   tlic  cK -|i,.il((|   i'l   the   nation'-. 

i'.iiiUL;!!!   I'liiiii  tlir  I'liiik  lit   ilojiair. 

lTirl\    we   -liair  with   ■  nr  lunthtr^, 
I  'laiiilainl  ami   ri\(r  and   w.  <  kI. 

(  .i\  iu'j;  t<i  thciii  a^  (  k  nl  -      ,•  iw 
I  ii-tiiitiiiL;'  iiira-iirf  i  .i'  l: 1. 

I'.tit   \\r.  uhi)  arc  rhil<hTn  li\   hirthrii^lit 
I  ii^|)i  iltcil    iini--t    ki'cji   hiT    lame 

(ii\iiiur   her   ^(.iis   1)\    aili  ^ptimi 

Ilk'  rri  wii  I'l  an  iin^laiiicil  iiattic. 


As  wlicn  a  stitTrfiT  la-i  sinkiiii^-  (lnwn 

Into  the   \illn\v   \\a\i>   t>\   ^-hli  >r(  ifi  iiin. 
At  Mime  (.liam-c  rustic  ui  the  nurse's  ^iiun. 

Rist's   to  oonscionsnc^s  alio\c  the   stiiiin. 
And   feels  wild   terror  iiiti'   intu  his   ^„ml, 

\  ei  helpless  lies,  imr  speaks.  sa\c  for  a  moan, 
1  ill  once  a.t^ain  tlie  billows  o'er  him  roll, — 

I  he  thick,  soft  siir^-es  of  the  mat^ie  cone. 

.^<>  we,  who  sail  above  (piicksand  and  shoal. 
Lulled  half  aslee])  by  main    a  siren  tunc, 

At  some  chance  iarrin.Lr  of  nnr  drifting  bar<jUc 
Start  uiile  awake,  with  tirror  of  a  strife 

W'c  hear,  yet  seein;^-  nut.  know  in  the  dark, 
The  horror  of  the  m\stcr\  of  life. 


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"M^. 


^^^^^^^JL 


S(  )\\i:'f 

in    I  III    SiiK'i  i    III    Imk'i: 

I  |i  iiiu   (I  iiiiiiiL^   kiiiilri'I,   ill  ili\    cajilivr  li^lil. 
I'iinl     I'l  iiiifi  ii  t,     ln\r,     iTim  iiiliiaiu'c ;     all     tlie 
-Wert, 
1  )(ar  ii'>".  that    lliuui    .m  itimli  (1   'piiiinl   tlif   fti  t 

<  '1    I  iiiic.  in  lii>  nnlaiiuil.   irliiiilr^s   iliL^lu. 
lair  i^  tli\   I'a^'f,  t"  him  whu-c  ^liaiiiiiiL;  ^i^lit. 
I.taii^    fnmi     tin-    rhiirli^li.    ruhl,    aiiil     (.-mitly 
>tirit. 
'ill  --ii'  thy  dariii},'-  ^lainc  th     ijarkiu  --  L;i<.i.t. 

in   Lra\    <lctiaiu-i.'  nf  liir   iiuKniriit    nii^ht. 
i'lUt   >ta\  :     'I'lu'   M-arn.ll   ami   lU^.iIati.-   iiioimtaiii- 
viik-; 
'I'lU'    (.-liariKril    |ilta-iirr    h'lU-r:    thr    ImrninL,^ 
!^lii])s  : 
'llic  Ma/iiiL;'  ritir~,  anil   the   .'u'liil  ij'.i-t, 

Sliriik    tn   till.'   luav'n-.   li'iu    nun.   aii'l    tliin.!^^-. 
Iiavi'  ilicd 
r.c'fiirc  till'  ki><  I  if  thy  nnlni  lUil  li])-: 
'I'll'  inscii>atr   fur\    nf  tin    raL;inL:  lu^t. 


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I.<  »\  IVS    I'lI.r.RIM Aci- 

T.'iM'    U.llkfil    with     [m\  ,    ,,\\c    t\;i\  ,  

lii>    will-Ill    tr(  t    -rariT    iiiiuliril    tliv    r;i(li;mt 
caitli. 
'1  In-  air  \\a-<  all  A-^hw   with  ajiplr  Mmhiii^. 
Ain!  tr.im  I.i.m's  lip.  thtr     fell  a  u;I"r\   -"Hl,'. 
I  III'  (!a\   hf  walktij  \s  ith    |,i\ . 

]->'\v  walked  with  (  ari\  niir  dav. 

And    (liiiiit;h    till'   fra-raiit    apple   IiImoih,    uere 
.U'l  >iu'. 
And  n>it  -II  liriu;ht  the  -nn-Iiine  oMrluad  — 

lie  walked  with  i^entle  mien,  and  i.n  his  lij)- 
I  lure  pla\eil  a  temler  -mile,  a  happ\    liL^ht 
SliMiie   in   hi-  a/r.re  e\e-  —  a   -weet    ei  intent; 
'I  he  da\    I.nve  walked  with  <  are. 

].<'\v  ualki'd  with    heatli,  mie  da\  : 

And  thi'rn\    wa-  tlu'  i)ath  er-twhile  -d  fair. 

.\dn\\n  Iii>   a-hen   elu'ek  the  hitter  tear- 
Rolled  silently:    \v{  -till,  upon  his  fare 

There  shone  a  liMik.  as  thnnL,di.  faint,  far  awav 
Ahove  the  darkened  ejnnd-,  lie  -till  e.itilil  hear 

The  tender  mn-ic  of  his   i^di.rv  soiilt 

The  da\    I.ove  walked  with    Death. 

I.ove  walked  with  Self,  one  dav: 

And  lo  !  the  way  seemed  Ioiilt.    Xi^Itt  foMed  np 
The  pathway  from  his  sit,dit.  and  on  his  ear 

I  here  fell  no  echo  nf  hi-  L;lor\   sont;^ : 
I  hen  strait,  as  o'er  him  swei)t  in  h'iK'on-  waves 

Self's   pestilential   l)re;ith.   he    shivered    sore. — 
drew  eold.  and  ver\-  still.  Aiki  thus  Love  died. 
The  dav  lie  walked  with  Self. 


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m^MWmm%^: 


THE    ]<()\D 

■|"lu'iv"s  a  stiij)  (if  <Ui.-ty  mad,  win.lintj  down. 

Snu  and  l)n  iwn, 
And   1   waUdi  it   t'l'nn  t'lr  window  where  1  Mt. 

It  is  Imrdrrrd  i^m  n  with  trees. 

I,iL;lnl\    ruttled  hy    ihe    l)ree/.e. 
And  the  l)irds  acrn>>  its  sun  and  sliad<uv  Hit. 

Its  l)eL;innin,Lr  know  1  n^t  nor  the  end 

'Knund  the   bend. 
I'.ut  it-  w.-iv-!arir-  1  watch  fmm  ihiy  to  day: 

I'.aeli  (Hie  carry inir  his  load 

rp  or  down  tlie  diisty  road. 
\Varnie<l  witli  sun.  and  touched  witli  shadow,  on 
the  way. 

T!iou-h  the  hurden-hearers  plain  arc  to  me, 

^■et   1  sec 

Xot  the  htu-dens.  but  1  know  that  they  are  tliere. 
I'.v   the   patient   faces   strained. — 
r,v  tlu'  eiHptv   lau-hter   fei.umed, — 

P.y  the  sadness  over  all  who  hither  fare. 

And  I  wonder  if  the  way-farers  know- 
As  thev  i^o 

Sadlv  onward,  earnini,'  each  his  dady  bread. 
That  in  spite  of  every  ill. 
Life  is  wcirth  the  livin.t:  still 

While  the  birds  sin-;  in  the  sunli.uht  overhead. 


:^/^ 


V     \ 


JtJ 


:3g?  UHBII"'  .. 


"ITE   CALLED   ME   BY   MY    XAME"' 

TIio  children,  sons,  and  daiijijhtLTS,  grown, 

All  call  nic :  ■"Mother  dear." 
I'm  "(Irandina"  to  my  husband. 

And  the  conntry  far  and  near. 
But  when,  to  visit  us,  to-day 

A  friend,  hnfj;  absent  came. — 
The  tears  uelleil  up  in  my  old  eyes  — 

He  called  me  bv  mv  name! 


"And  are  you  Xellie?    .W'llie  Dean! 

The  sauciest  c^irl  in  town, 
I  can  recall  like  yesterday 

Your  frills  and  nnislin  tjown. 
Oh,  Xell.  you  were  a  case."  he  laut^j'hed 

With  nnich  pretence  of  blame. 
And   I  ?     I  smiled  with  quivering'  lips :  - 

lie  called  me  by  my  name! 

Seldom   to  me  the  old-time  friends 

Come,  knocking  at  my  door. 
And  later  friends  tho"  good  and  true. 

Arc  not  like  those  of  yore. 
To  them  I  am  just,  "Mrs.  Smith" 

An  ancient,  proper  dame. 
Small  wonder  that  my  eyes  were  wet,  - 

He  called  me  bv  mv  name ! 


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THE    OUTER    SEA 

Gav  arc  the  ^liips  on  the  river  that  It.-ads  to  the 

( )uter  Sea, 
And  the  tlutttrin^'  naij;s  are  hshtly  hfted  aloft  ni 

j^lee. 
Sweet  arc  the  winds   from   the   meadows,  laden 

with  spoils  of  sprint:: 
Caui,dit  from  the  birds,  and  hlcssonis,  kissed  m 

their  wandering. 
And   j^lad   arc   the   folk   a-sailinj?,   careless,   and 

canker-free, 
On  the  breast  of  the  runnins;  river,  that  leads  to 

the  Outer  Sea. 

But  dark  arc  the  ships  at  twilitjht.  hurrying  out 

to  sea  ; 
Silent,    the    sombre    reaches,    where    the    dreary 

marshes  be. 
The   roar   of  distant   l)reakcrs   ebbs,   and  swells 

with  the  tide 
Stirrinjj  the  narrow  river  wit  ■   thoup;hts  of  the 

ocean,  wide. 
White,   are   the   faces   peering   over   the   slender 

rails. 
And  haunted  eyes  are  asking  whither  the  convoy 

sails. 
Vor  Faith  is  plumin.c;  her  pinions  and  Hope  is 

wintjinpf  afar 
.And  where?  oh.  where?  is  the  Pilot  to  guide  them 

over  the  bar ! 
.\s  a  dame  is  swept  to  darkness  by  the  moaning 

wind's   decree 
The  c|uestioning  UAk,  unguided,  arc  swept  to  the 

Outer   Sea. 


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TRUTH 

Aye,    what    is    truth  ?       The    phantom    that    we 

fondly  clasp  to-day 
As  Truth,   (the  fruitaj^e  of  a  host  of  yesterday's 

of  toil  J 
The    morrow's   steadier   li_t,'ht   dispels,    till    not   a 

trace  remains. 

Once   more   we   sorrow   for   defeat    witli   useless, 

scaldintj  tears  ; 
Once  more  is  thrust  away  the  falsehood  we  have 

loved  as  true : 
Once    more    heji^ins    our    patient    (juest    for    the 

elusive  thing. 

Ahsolute  Truth!     Oh   snow   white  maiden    with 

the  flying  feet  — 
X'ouchsafe  hut  once,  to  meet  us  face  to  face,  that 

we  may  have 
Thine  image  graven  on  our  hearts  and  know  the 

false  from  true. 


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'""m 


TTIK    ROSE   OF    DAWN 
Tu  J.  \V.   P..  P. 

Atluvarl  ihv  ni.Lrlu  nf  t'arly.  sullen  .^lontr.. 

Tliat  arclu'd  the  dldcn  world,  fnmi  rim  to  rim; 
Tlic    stern,    olil    propliets    with    their    screeds    of 
doom. 

Thro"  arid  spaces  shed  their  starli.tjht  dim. 
On  lonelv  mountain-tops,  where  first  the  Rose 

(  )f  Hope  fulfilled,  mi.uht  hour.ueon  unto  hloom. 
The  steadfast  seers  hurled  forth  the  hitter  woes 

That  lar,<j:ely  writ,  still  oVr  the  ajjes  loom. 
The  vears  then  rolliui,^  up  their  "gathered  store, — 

The  sable  ni,<,dn  to  twilit,du  slowly  tjrew 
l"or  lo!  tlie  li^lit  of  i)riest  and  proi)het  lore 

A  i,HMitle  radiance  on  the  darkness  threw: 
P.ut  when  her  P.abe.  the  s,a'ntle  Mother  clasped. 

The   Rose  of   Dawn,  All   i^doriou^.  bloomed  at 
last. 


A  IT  I'M  A 

The  skies  are  ilark  ;  ,urey  clouds  hant,'-  low.  un- 

smilinc: ; 

The  woodland  harp  is  hushed  and  flown  the 
strunmier. 

The  skies  are  d.irk.  and  flowers  have  no  becfuil- 
intr 

While  alien  winds  blow  past  the  doors  of  sum- 
mer. 


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■mkii^i 


So  wailed  my  heart,  but  in  the  c^rcy.  cold  gloam- 


IIIL' 


The    (Jancincf    firelijj^ht    siiai)])e<l.    and    slioiitcd: 


1  reastju. 


As  to  its  raiHance  c-duw  the  children  huminj;, 
And    with    them   hrouj^ht   love"s   deathless,   sum- 
mer season. 


Till-:    OKeHIlS'lRA 

Across  the  ample  overhead. 

Sure-footed,   thro'  the   blue: 
The  shining'  wcjrids  in  splendor,  dance 

Their  stately   measures  throu;,di. 
Their  j^reat  Conductor,  He.  who  leads 

in  perfect  tune,  and  time 
The  cohorts  of  the  circlinfj  spheres 

In  harmony  sublime. 

And  where,  the  farthest- farinsj^  sun 

Lif^hts   uj)  the   faintest   star. 
Majestic    clKjrds,   and    symphonies. 

Roll  o'er  the  vasts  afar: 
To  lead,  perchance,  some  wanderer  home 

\\  ith  every,  hauntint,''  strain, 
When  death's,  sweet  tlute,  insisttnt.  calls 

To  mystery  aijain. 

Or,  are  the  vibrant  harmonies 

There  chaunted  o'er  and  o'er. 
That  echoini,'-  thro'  th>  lit^hted  worlds 

Stray   sometimes  to  our  door? 
And  for  a  blissful  moment,  hold 

I's  raptured  ;   and  arc  trone. 
\\'hat  time,  the  twilitjht  hu>hes  fall. 

Or  glory  thrills  the  dawn. 

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¥ 


THE    DVIXG    CHILD 

I'rail,  littk'  one  I  wIkisc  ii])turiK'(l.  L^'laziiis;  t-yt'S 
Have    scarotly    sicn    tlii>    world    of    cark    and 
care. 
Hast  tlion  sonic  ])rtscicncc  of  the  doom  tliat  lies 
On  all  eartliV  children?     l)o>t  thon  .Iread  thy 
share 
Of  helpless  misery?     Sweet,   shaken   flower. 
Thou  art  spared  nuich  of  woe.     (  >nce  more  as- 
smne 
Thv   place   in   lu'hN  of  aspliodel.   thi.-  hour 
(  )f  tr.an-ient  ])ain,  will  lirin^  etirnal  bloom. 


TIH-:    KIXG 
Song 

The  kin.Gf  rides  1)>    in  i)onn>  and  state 

.\mid  the   trumi)et"s  blare: 
His  burnished  trai)i)in,<::s  ,t;lean\  like  .l;o1(1 - 

Like  i^old  his  yellow  hair. 
A  r(\\  al  maid  he  rides  to  wed.  — 

And   fair,  the  peojile  say. 
Whose  haut;hty  brow  will  ijrace  the  crown 

lie   ])laces    there,   to-day. 
The  maid  he  loves,  he  may  not  wed, 

She.  from  her  lattice  hi.Lrh. 
All  rose-embowered,   waits  to   see 

The  cavalcade  t,^()  by. 
The  kin<,>-  looks  up.  and  ilrawin^  rein 

Cries,  with    a   merr\    air: 
"Sweet  cousin,  throw  the  rose.   I  pray. 

That  nestles  in  your  hair." 

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The  maiflcn  smik's  ;  her  smile.  T  ween. 

Is  sadder  far  than   tear'-  ; 
As  swiftly  (Iduinvanl   tlnats  the  mse, 

And   all  the  cimcourse,  cheers. 
'Hiey  may  ncit  know  her  hn^ken  heart: 

"  "lis  a  wiiisDiiie  maid"  they  cry. 
I'm  ah!  the  rose,  hreathes  to  the  kini^: 

■■(ioodbye,    jij^oodhve,    j^ondhve." 


MV   LOST  YOrTII 

( )li,  my  Idst  xoiithi  to  what  far  I)nurne 

<  'f  time,   and   t\  i!   ehanee. 
Have   drifted   \<iiir  ])otential   davs 

ThrouLrh    life's    >tran,!4:e    cirenmstanee. 

W  hat  dreams  we  dreamecl ;  what  visions  fair 

I'lashed   in  the  snnset  sky  ; 
What  hei.!j;hts  we  scaled  :  what  i)erils  braved  ; 

My  fair  lost  youth  and   I. 

Xew  heavens  and  earth  unrolled  each  morn 

liefore  onr  raptured  s.;aze  ; 
And    miracles,    expectant,    wroiijj^ht 

h'xacted   no  amaze. 

Stran<je,    imfamiliar,   other   self; 

I'ale  as  the  nioonlit^ht's  .ylow, 
Xow  scarce  remembered,  save  in  dreams 

Of  that   Innj;  time  aijo. 

Ihit  when  the  wind  sweejjs  moanin^^ly 
(  )'er   tree-to|)s   bare   and   brown. 

Tossin<j^  aj^ainsl  the  darkeninj^'  sky 
After  the  sim  j^nes  ilown. 

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iM 


In  that  fey  time,  at  (.-vcntide 

Defenceless  then  I  see 
Tlie  sliadows  part,  and  my  lost  youth 

Come  hack,  accusing'  tnc. 


OLD    SOXGS 

I  spent  the  morning-  lummasiup^, 

Shrnuded   in  dusty   jjlooin, 
Amidst  tile  h(iu>eh()ld's  hniken  ^ods 

Stored   in   a  ^-arret   room. 

And  'monj^^st  the  family  driftwood 

'I'osseil  on  its  (|uiet   shore, 
I    founil   an   ancient   nuisic  hook 

I'^illed  with  the  sonj^s  of  yore. 

The  dear  old  sonj^^s,  we  knew  so  well 

Some  twenty  years  ago: 
Sweet   sim])le  melodies,  hut  some 

"(Juite  difficult   you  know." 

"I  I""ear  no  h'oe."     Riglit  valiantly 

I've  heard  the  challenge  tlung 

r.v  rumhling  hasses,  in  the  days 

When  they  and  I  were  young. 

We  thought  them  very  good  indeed, 

And  encored  every  strain. 
I'd  give  the  worjil   I  think,  to  hear 

Them  troll  it  forth  again. 

"The  Danuhe  River."     '"Sing  Sweet  I'.ird," 

Were  always  counted  mine: 
With  :  '•  h'ar  Away."  and  •■C'lean>ing  hires." 

I  used  to  sing  them  fine. 

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And  many  a  tiiiu-  \'\v  lidpid  to  lialc 
riif  '■(  iiii">   (  <  nui;r>>.  "  I  int. 

And  also  t)i(l  the  "Larliuard  Waicli," 
Ahoy  his  way  almut. 

W'c  knew  no  Liza  Lchtnann  tlicn 
Nor   I'lTsian  ,i,dadfs  at  all: 

Tlu'  nearest  that  we  ever  eanie 
Was  "Over  the  <  iarden   Wall." 

.\h.  well  a-(l;i\.  "I'uire  uxll  to  he 
.\s  eankcr  tree  niue  inure; 

.\nd  ^diniL:  eiiiins^h  tn  liki'  to  siiii;: 
"i'he  dear  old  smums  (,i  xure." 


'•Tllh:    J()L'K.\i:V     IS    I.().\(i" 

(I\efrain  frmn  a  xhil;  ) 

Ilearest.  oh,   l-'ather  the  peiiiteiu's  er\  ? 

"Ah    me.   the   jtinrne\    is    Idih,"-." 
And  sharj)  are  the  thnnis  .il  the  pitile-s  wav. 
And  dark  the  clnuds  han^'.  eoM  and  i^rev  : 

"Ah  me,  the  jonriiey  i>   loii:;,  so  lon<.,^ 

Ah  me,  the  journey  is  lon!.,^" 

Seest,  oh,   I'ather,  our  tears  a^  the>    fall? 
Tile  .i^riel,  the  sorrow,  the  pain  ? 

I  )o    Thine  e\es  ever  pity  our  L^riefs  at  all? 

Ah,  yes,  'i'liou  hearest  us  when  we  eall  : 
And  iioiK'  of  the  sorrow  we  -utYer  is  vain: 
.\<it  one  of  t)ur  sorrows  is  \,iiii. 

PiUt  oh!  the  i(>uriu\    i->  Ioiil;'  —  so  loULf. 

And   the   years   streteh   out    -o   far: 
Thouj^h  joy  mav  come  with  the  moriiiuL;-iide, 

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Still  waits  the  night  so  dark,  and  wide 
l"ri"  dawns  tin-  tnorninf;  star. 
Oh.    I'"atluT.  ni;ikc'  ns  stm  ,.: 

i-'nr  still  till'  tiiL^lit  wails  darl.  and   wide 
"And,  nil.  tile  jniiriiev  is  Inii!^." 


Till-:  old)  i"Rii:\i)  sim:.\ks 

"Xa\.   .\a\.  but  sorrow's  turiid  tli\    head, 

Art   tluju  altiiie,  tlost   think  : 
Hast   never  uninan's   liiiiid>   httnre 

(ialled  det.|)  at  every  link  ? 
Art   thdu   the  only   wdiiian  Ixirn 

'I'lie  u;imU  t,n-in(l  in  the  niillr 
Xav,  .\a\,  sweetheart,  I  ('o  ni >t  mock; 

Weep,  an'  \e  must  xour  fill. 

There,  there,  'tis  hard  to  hush  th;   sobs, — 

And  harder  still  to  weep 
A  husbaiur-   faithlesMiess  ;  yet   know. 

Thine  own  faith  tliou  must  keep. 
"He  forfeits  all. —  His  elaim  is  ,u:one," 

Tilt,  Tut,  'tis  but  the  smart 
Of  p;iin  past  beariiit,'-,  breeds  such  words; 

\'(n\  vowed  "Till  death  do  part." 

And  that  means  all  of  t^ood.  or  ill, 

.\nd  honor  lost  —  or  won  ; 
His  ill  's  your  ill  :  his  weal  's  your  weal.  — 

His  son.  is  still  your  son. 
liri'ak  not  the  marria.ire  pact,  dear  heart, 

I'or  broken  all  is  vain. 
.And  well  or  ill,  the  burden's  ours, 

The  burden,  and  the  pain. 

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:^-^h^^ 


M>  dear,  I  have  <;riiuii  njil  .md  ;^r.iv, 

And  uisiT  tuo.   I  tru>t 
AikI  I  havi'  .-rcn  the  iTiu'It\ 

<  >i  lilV,  .iiid  Invi'.  and  hi^t. 
(kmI  kiinus.  \vli\    u-iinfirs  hearts  arc  made 

'l"<<  hrcak  (ir  hind  at  will  ; 
(i'ld  knou>,  wliy,  i'iHimI  with  i^rief  and  shame, 

W  e  ^Iiifld  ihr  .siniuT  still. 

lUit  hark  ye,  wnnuii  who  are  true. 

Must  truer  he  for  all 
Hie  false,   and    fakiT   sisterhood. 

Who  ery  :  "rntaith."  and  fall. 
Thy  life  is  not  thine  own.  nor  his 

Who  holds  it  still  in  fee, 
ihit  pled-;ed  to  honor,  truth,  ami  faith 

r.y   those  ahout  th\    knee. 

UoiK)r,  aiKl  truth,  and  faith,  and  love. 

Are  tlowers  of  hariK    '.^^routJi; 
Thv  man  has  f.iiled  ?     l.iit  up  tin   head. 

Keep  thou  the  faith   I'.ir  Ixith. 
A  man  may  fall  and,  win  aj.,Min 

The  place  of  jiis  desert 
Ihit  when  a  woman  falls,  ah  me  I 

Xo  halm,  can  heal  her  hurt. 

Go  home,  my  hairn,  indii-d  'tis  well; 

Drink  of  the  cup  thy  till  ; 
Keej)  faith   with   faithlessuiss.  and   hold 

Thy  wdiuan's  kiuL,'-<lom  still. 
In  that  hi^h  re.ilm.  ])ure  and  serene 

As  heaven's   hluest   dome. 
She  dwells,  whose  stead\   hands  uphold 

The  guidon  of  the  Ih  .luc. 


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K-' 


THF.  winow 

•M\   lu.m  1-  lirrakiiiLT.    -iTiakin^;!  — 

\(iu  taiiiiiii  (.M.iiK-  t(i  iiK.' ; 
I'.iit   wluTf   \ini  art-  iu>    ileaicst, 

TlicTc  will    1   surdy  In-. 

The  i-uj)  1  'Irink  is  hrimniinc: 

Willi  \\<irinu<i<iil.  :i'i'l  '>''''!'  J-^*'^'- 
And   lili'.  and  l"\t-.  arc  Ind'Kn 

I'.v   a   .<,dia>tly,  \  rivet  Jiall. 

I'n.in  wall,  to  wall  .'t  niv  ihanilur. 

1  liavi-  worn  the  cariHt  ihr.ni^di. 
Tieadin.t:  with  tired  {..otsups 

'lliL-  path  that  lea'ls  t..  ycu. 

All  ni.uht.  with  niy  hnrnin^-  ryehalls 

I'.aved  to  till   siii'nt  dark. 
1  snl..  an<l  \vi>h   I  were  lyint,' 

lU'sidi-  \-!n  >titt.  and  stark. 

V..ur  ehair  is  kept  in  its  cnrner  : 

\,id  v-ur  IxH.ks  where  >..n  laid  them  down; 
Your  hat  and  sliek  where  ycm  left  them 

That  day  when  yon  came  from  town. 

And  v.mr  old.  i^^rey  0(iat.  my  darlin.ir, 

's  inv  haven,  when  1   cry, 
An.l  I  kiss,  and  kiss  its  enijity  sleeves. 

And  pray  that  I  may  die. 


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PELEAGrF.RF.D 

Stn'Ifli  nitt  tliiiu'  linii'I.  lu'Iuvcil.  ;uiil  \<k  licIinM. 

'I  111-  unkimualilr  is  tintcluil.  .'ind  ri|ii)Iiii'4  f.ir 
III  fViT  wiik'iiiiii:;  rirclfs,  fuld  cm  i,  \i\ 

Tlic  ripple's  tlinii  hast  stirrnl,  iiia\  ri;irh  a  star 

X<)  litjlilrst  thoti^lit.  iin  siiiij)I,.^t.  sp.ikcn  \\"r<\. 

I'tit  sti-als  its  \\a\   tliro"  life's  rti'nial  iliaiim', 
I  )itTnsiii<^'-  iiifliic'iic-c  tiiisit'ii.  iiiilitanl, 

Ami  lU'vtT  coasiti<^  in  it><  stibtK-  raiiL:t'. 

At  every  lionr.  oi  every  passim^  dav. 

These  wiiiLTed  creatures  titat  the  miinl  sets  free, 

I't-er  at  ns  on  their  hurried  onward  \va\ 
(  )f  hritjht  iinjnilsi',  (ir  dark  iiiahL;naiic\-. 

At    I'lirth  and   Death  iternitx    serene 

Smiles  on  the  innmint,'^.  and  the  tuili'^ht  sea  ; 

Speedintj  the  traveller  frDiii.  what  has  heen. 
To  that  far  eoiitinent.  the  yet  to  he. 

And  there,  'twixt  hirth  an<1  death  we  are  heset 
r>\'  influences  tjrev  and  old  as  time: 

With  hut  a  frail :  "I  will."  as  amulet 

Aqfainst  the  hosts  that  fie^ht  or  foster  crime. 


S9 


il^^^S^l^M&S^^^B^SSS^^SiS^^S'i^] 


■m7^^^SSS!&S^^^''^iSSS^ 


ASSrR.WX'E 

I  love  tlicc,  dear. 

Wlu'tluT  tlu-  \\a>   1k'  '-liiTt  IT  Iniit;: 
Wlu'thcr  tlu'  ilays  he  d.-irk  <ir  luiLilit: 
Wlietlier  your  lieart  i)r<ive  true  an<l  stnm.t::- 
Wlietlier  the  times  shall  i)ni\e  y.mr  iiii.i;ht 
I    love    thee. 

1  love  thee.  dear. 

Whether   \<)ii   fail  nr  win.   "ti-'  niie; 
Whether  siieoess  shall  emwii  ymir  days: 
Whether  you  hohl  till  the  raee  i>  run: 
Whether   nou   ln>e  or  wear  the  hays. 
I  love  thee. 

T  love  thee,  dear, 

.\hseiit  or  near.  t<i-day.  or  when 
'J'he  silver  strands  hei^in  t(.  hreak. 
And  sleei)in.y:  haek  to  ("kxI  at,^^in 
You  rest  imtil  his  W(ir<l  shall  wake. 
I  love  thee,  dear. 


THE   RAIX 

The  day  is  dreary,  dreary. 

And  the  skies  rain  heavy  tears. 
And  liL'arts  seem  all  a-weary 

Of  life's  achin.u:  hopes  and  fears. 

But  the  earth  i^^rows  hri.ffhter,  l)ri.c:hter. 

When  the  fallitifj  rain  she  hears 
So  perlia])s  our  souls  tjrow  whiter 

When  washed  by  many  tears. 

GO 


SOUR    GRAPRS 

I'lir  Ncars  I've  strivfii  \n  possess 

In  all   its  \vitfliin.!4'  priinc ; 
TIk'  peachy  hldom  that  tlnut>  the  years, 

And  makes  a  sport  of  Time. 

And  I  have  oft  at  beauty's  shrine. 

—  A  hapless  devotee. 
Poured  fruitless  pouilers.  halms,  and  creams 

In  thick  lihations   free. 

Now,  were  it  .t^iven  to  me  to  choose 

Of  life  another  term  : 
Xo  milk  and  roses  boon  I'd  crave; 

I'd  be  a  pachyderm! 


TII.\XKI-lLXi:SS 

Hold  your  ear  close  to  the  earth,  sad  .soul. 

Hurt  ill  the  world's  haul  ways. 
There  is  never  a  balm  to  make  you  whole 

Like  hearing,'  hei   jjsalms  of  praise. 
Hold  your  ear  close  to  her  pityinj^  breast ; 

Hark,  to  the  mifjhty  throbs 
Of  nature's  heart  which  finds  no  peace 

Because  of  her  children's  solis, 

Mother,  and  friend  is  she  to  all ; 

Wiping-  away  our  tears  ; 
With  her  sympathy  easinfj  every  pain ; 

Calming:  our  childish  fears. 
Is  it  not  .so?     Have  you  never  felt 

The  hills  rejoice  with  you. 
When  the  ice  at  your  heart  bej2;an  to  melt 

In  some  June-dusk's  falling-  dew? 

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MiO 


W^Sl\ 


m^^^ 


ITavc  not  tlu'  trcc-lnj)-  --Inpncd  their  liand> 

iUcnti-c  \«iu  wcri-'  .Lilad  at  heart? 
Xir  tlie  laden   llMweret-i   llnnir  for  you 

'Idu'ir  <laintv   leave-;  apart  .' 
S..  Iliat  their  fra-ranee  inii,dit  hrin.c:  ynir  hurts 

i'.,alni  fnnu  the  Innir  acru, 
I-ji'  the  vnllnre,  s, irn i\\ "-..  -^avaLTt-  heak 

Had  torn   Mnir  heart   strin^<  sn. 

ll;ive  Mill  nnt  felt  wlun  an  aehin^  t^rief 

l".n\eli  ijic'd   \tiu   like  a   pall. 
'I'hat  the  snhhint:  wind.  ;iiid  rain-ilrenehed  leaf 

\\\re  whisperinir:   "Wc  know  all?" 
Hold  \onr  f.-iee  'dosi'  to  tlu'  t:Ta-^<  and  moss. 

When  hli-tired  and  '^carre.l  with  tears 
f-"or  the  .awful.   <U"-ol;ite   srn^e  of  loss 

'rii.'it   t^reiws  with  till'  p-a-^iuLif  \ears. 

IImM   \oiir  e.ar  elose  wlu'ii  an.t,aiish  rends 

^'our  life  in  her  tigress  leap; 
Wlun  her  eruel  elaws  draw  hlood-red  rain 

I'roin    \tiur  heart's   most   holy   ileep. 
i'.irds  of  the  fore -t  hush  their  son^s  ; 

The  wild  thin.L,'s  at  tlu'ir  play. 
Will  i);inse.  sad-e.\ed.  at  the  mystic  woes 

They  may  not  chase  away. 

Listen,  then,  friend  of  the  sad,  sad  heart, 

in  solitude  make  thy  moan; 
T.aki'  thv  yrief  from  the  world  apart. 

And  hark,  t.i  the  undertone 
Of  i)raise,  and  recurrent  i<;\  fulness, 

'i'he  earth  i-^  sending-  u]) 
To  the   .Maker  of  all  her  loveliness. 

Praise  for  her  hrinunins  cup. 

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?w^?*^f"3:^-.^s3^^eiRsaKSwi. 


■fm^m^g^sjimr 


Jnr  (liiiinuil  till.*  the  eyrs  of  iiaturo  are 
With  tears  f..r  thy  darke.ied  word. 

Her  heart  is  ever,  a  ehaliee.  filled 

W'ith  thankftiliiess  to  the  Lord. 

'i'lieii  hold  y.,iir  lar  elosf  to  the  earth,  sad  s,  ul 

_  Hurt  III  the  unild"^  hard  wavs: 

I  here  is  iievtT  a  halm  to  make  voii  whole 
Like   heariiii,r  h^T   psalms  of'  praise. 


Kn.^I-    L\    TUL    (l.\RI)I-:x 


So.\(.; 


<  )h.  Rose  in  the  .trarden.  so  sweet,  so  sweet. 

W  liat  stirred  you  so.  to-da\? 
When  Leathered  in  her  hn<,-t.r-tips 
She  kissed  your  scented.  rudd\    lips. 

I  pray  you.  ruse,  to  sav. 


(  )h.  Ro.se  in  the  ,<rarden.  so  sweet,  so  sweet. 

W  hen   laid  ui)on  her  hreast. 
Isaw  the  tiar-drops  softlv  start 
l-roin  out  your  erimson.  velvet  heart. 

To  he  so  riehlv  blest. 


IP 


(  )Ii.  Rose  in  the  .garden,  so  sweet,  so  sweet 
\\  dl  tune  with   his   ma,t,de  loom. 

Weave  in  her  heart  a  home  for  me? 

And  on  luT  cheeks,  where  lilies  !)e. 
Will   my  love-roses  hlcom? 


03 


f^'im^m  wm 


Ilr  lived;  and  with  a  nii^dity  l)rain 

Wrought  iniraoU's  in  sled  and  stnno. 
Across  Krcat  clia-nis  bridir^d   a  way 
And  tamed  tlu'  II.khIs.  alone. 

liis  miracles  l.r.ini,dit  wealtli.  and  fame. 

To  many  a  waitintr  door. 
And  life  drew  inspiration   from 

liis  wonder-workinjj:  lore. 

lie  died:    Crown  very     '  \  and  frail. 

His  danntless  hann  .    fnrled. 
He  die.l.  alone,  nnwepl.  nninourned, 

I'org-otten  by  the  world. 


04 


wfsmfi^^ss^sszssmmF^^aaL 


-.iKilf^^^: 


i*3!r; 


>Si-,wk- 


BEFORE    THE    ()I'ER.\T[OX 

Thi;   N'Kinors    I'a.ii.m's   N'ikw 

"Aiross  my  iiai-n.u  I.r.l.  s..  uliito  and  prim 
A  Iittk"  snnlKam  fall,  athwart  tlu'  -l,,.,,,,' 

An.    t  in.    Its  -nl.k.n  w.M.f.  tJu-  -lancin-  nintt-s 
Makes  holiday  within  my  darkcm',]  ronm. 

I  ni'vcT  thonnrht  fo  break  down  at  the  last 
And  tVel  the  .jrea.l.  and  terror,  honrlv  ,t,rrow  • 

1  set  my  teeth  to  keep  tluir  ehatterin,<,r  ^ti'll 
And  eleneh  the  hands  that  shake  and  treml.le 
so. 

The  nurse  has  made  me  readv.  and  has  ^nnc 
A  motiient.  ere  tlu-  doetnrs  come  to  me. — 

Ami  I  am  friL,dpcne.l,  oh.  so  fri<,ditened,  I 
(  an  only  lit-  .nid  suffer  treml)lin,t,dv.  ' 

ril  ask  them  if  I  eannot  wait  a  day. 

It  not  a  day.  perhaps  an  Iiour's  reprieve  • 
l(_)morrow.  oh.  tomorrow.  I  could  hear 

In  I)ave  it  done  tomorrow.  I  heh'eve. 

T()morrow?    I  may  l)c  so  cold,  so  cold: 

"Tis  hest  to  turn  from   that  :  —  I   must   keep 
sane 

ril  think  of  all  the  dear  ones,  safe  at  home. 
Waitin.q-  for  mother  to  come  l)ack  ai,^ain. 

Oh,   [Jain.  nal)y,  P.ahy !    Shall  T  see 
Ever  a.irain  your  siumy  little  head? 
I    hear   thrm    coniinsjf  —  Oh,    niv    God.    thesVc 
here  ;  — 

The  fear  of  death  encompasseth  mv  bed. 
Go 


-puom.  i-.ntnvfru-..     SI.  .w.  -Imp  bv  -Irop - 
•n„.  _  pai„  -  .lc>tr.  :ycr  -  lall>  -     A  siIcmico 

Sli.K-l'i'nuly  .l<.un.     A  uatch  ticks  s-mcwluTO 

sleep. 


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so XX FT 

Td  Tin:  M(i()\ 

(^iR-at  Lady  of  tln'  silctit.  suninur  iiiL,'IuI 
I'aoiiiLr  with  slati'i\  tread  th\  palarr  tloiir, 
Stri'iuly  lurin.!^-  uitli  tin   silver  \\<j;\n 
'i'liy  hat'tk'd  lnvor  to  his  harrit-red  •-liorc. 
I  lopcU'Ssly    desolate,   from    tide   to  tide, 
lie  yet  obeys  the  iiiaiidatr  in  thine  eves. 
Thy  mirrored  I)e;iiit\   still  his  onl\    pride. 
As  dee])  within  his  he;i't  thiiu'  imas^e  lies, 
Like  his.  my  love  in  luivei  i>  set  ^d  f.ip 
I  may  not  toiudi  her  shinini^-  i^arnunt's  hem, 
ilnt  ever  Iook  and  lon<jf  ;is  for  a  --tar 
'I'liat   nii^-jitix    di>ns  its   retral  diadem. 
Like  him.  1  serve  a  lady  throned  hi|L,di. 
Xor  t;ucrdun  ask.  hnt  service,  till  I  die. 


THE   ROSARY 

Dear  past   come   hack,   fair   pearls,   and   ^rolden 
heads, 

Dropt  from  my  swinijinc;-  rf)sarv  of  davs  ; 
I  wonld  recall  the  words  —  r.ndo  the  deeds 

That  mar  your  beauty  for  the  Master's  ix-.uc. 


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••L()\T.  mf:,  s\vi:i:t'" 

I.iivr  iiK'.  s\\\it.  I   i"V(.'  tlu'L'. — 

I  ln>  aliiiu'   1   iilf.iil, 
(  )nl\  that  I  love  tlKi 

ilm  '\.'ir>  love  indeed. 

Lo\e  me.  sweet,  tlie  days  are 
l)eail  and  dark   and  eold. 

\\  lien  tliy  voice  1  iiear  not 
Xor  thy  face  hehuld. 

Love  ine,  sweet,  my  arms  fall 
l-'ini)ty,  wanting-  thee. 

Love  me.  sweet,  I  love  thee 
I'ur  eternity. 

Love  me.  sweet.  Life  never 
May  its  dreams  fulfill 

If  thy  i)resence  bless  nie 
Xot  thro"  good  and  ill. 

Love  me.  sweet,  Life  lacketh 

Reason,  savor,  zest, 
If  it  find  not  haven 

In  thy  gentle  breast. 

Yea.  Sweetheart,  I  love  thee 
.\s  men  thought  to  love, 

When  the  race  was  nearer 
To  its  God  alx>ve. 

Ere  men  played  with  honor 
In  the  world's  foul  mart, 

And  for  place  or  substance 
Sold  a  woman's  heart. 

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I  have  nau^^Iit  to  j^ivt-  tlioc 
Ihit  I^)vc's  j^raiiniis  uialtli: 

^''llltll  and  hands  niifcttorcil. 
And  nnniortf^-aj^ad  licalth. 

'W't  is  this  a  sht,dit  thin^- 
At  thy   fc'ct  t'l  punr? 

Ik'ij^dits  and  depths  of  lovinj;  ; 
Could  a  kin^-  give  more  ? 

Could  he  ^"ivin}^-  amply 
I'alaces  and  pearl>. — 

( )r  a  erown  hestouiiij^ 
On  tliy  sunny  curls, 

Ciive  more  than  the  treasure 

That  I  offer  thee? 
Love,  and  love,  and  love,  dear. 

Through  eternity? 

Sweetheart,  I  can  only 
Kiss  thy  garment's  hem, 

Piut  my  love  can  crown  tliee 
As  a  diadem. 

Love  me,  sweet,  my  empty 
Life,  my  arms,  my  heart 

Call  thee,  claim  thee,  hold  thee 
Until  death  do  part. 


I  \v;itclii<l  lluT  -^i',  m\  !i;il>y. — 
I   happcil  tluH'  -.111'  am!  warm. 

Ami   li'iw   Upi  m   tll\    little   lu  .a] 
l)i>(,-cii(l>   iIk-   wiiiler    -ti>nii. 

'i'hi'  Miti^liini:  «if  tlu-  lUL^lit  wiiitl. — 
I'^aeli  >ln-itk  and  Imul.  and  iiman. 

With  aii.mii>-li  I'lll  m\  siekciUMl  sdiil, 
l"ur  tluT   ill   tlic   dark   al'MU'. 

.\I\  luart  was  tliinc,  my  Kahy, 
My  lieart  iimu  hare,  and  •«iT(.'. 

Ami  (ill.  my  i'M's  are  arliini;  m) 
i'or  tlu'  l)k>>inL;  nt  a  trar. 

My   little  helpless  hairniil 

Vonr  <lark  head  en  m\  l>rea--t 

Would  still  this  tireless  yearninjj. 
And  teaeh  me  how  to  rest. 

Mv  j^rief  would  pierce  thy  silence. 

M\   love  would  warm  thee.  >weet, 
C"oul(l  1  hut  hold  thy  small  i>ale  hands 

And  kiss  thv  dear,  dead   feet. 


Km 


SOXG 

D.iiuT  littK'  uavclct.    I.ina-.  luol  imt  nf  si.rnnv.— 
>I>arIxlc  at  ism   -laiui-.  rain  o.iiu>>  tomorrow — 
Daiui-  littk-  uavrlit.  daiur. 

Shine   littlc'  MiiilHam.   >liiiu-,  lu'arts  aiv  a-hrcak- 
m-  : 

l'"tn-  .    It  vonr  i^.A.W-u  uint-  to  lu-al  tlu-  arliin-'  — 
Sliin.    link-  -unluain.  >liinf. 

I..iu.t^l:  littk^  rhil.lrcn.  laiij^li.   for  tiini'  is  L,Miiiiii<,r, 
A -I'   looms   up  with   a   stafT.  —  m.   loii-ir   iVi-Mi- 
m-.—  •  ■'' 

1-aii-li  link-  iliildnn.  laii,t,'Ii. 

Sin-  littk'  l.inllinir.  '>ill;-^  so  nmoli  of  sij,ri,i„ir 
Darkc^ns   tlir   i,acatcT   sprin-,'.  nor  licli)s   the   ,lv- 
iny.  — 
Sins;    littk'   hinlliiif;,   MUfr. 


TIIF.   riiILI)RF..V>    I'KXIC 

'I'lu-  tnrihl.  ,1  ualtr  j^amholi-d 

III  ai  d  1     t.  alonj::  the  slujrt.. 
And   witli  a  nir -leap  wind  plavod  ta.cj 

As  Iia|)py  as    .on  pk'aso, 
Wc  had  the  nicest.  jolHest  time 

We  ever  had  before. 
The  day  we  danced,  and  romped,  and  plaved, 

Beneath  tlie  forest  trees. 


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KXIGIITKI) 

(  >li    iiirloilv    MildiiiK'. 
Willi  rliytlinm-  l)rat  i<i  ni.ulit  and  .lay 
To  mark  the  cliaiii^inu  ti">«^'- 

What  th'>ui;h  iii>   f'H-  in  ainlnish  hid 

Mav  hirk  aloii^^  the  way. 
What' til' >u;^di  dclVat  and  failure  j,^"'" 

May  tdaiiu  thr  iln>i-  of  <lay. 

The  j"\   (.f  litV  no  ill  ean  dim 

Nor  ha  I  tie  make  afraid. 
When  on  the  ehti>en    knit,dit    I."ve  lays 

llis   shininj,^   accolade. 


INTENSE 

r.ud  of  the  <,'arden.  — hlooni  of  the  soul — 

Leaf  of  the  wayside  tree. — 
Sin^ins,'  of  hirds  on  a  pfrassy  knoll; 

Sheen  of  the  summer  sea. 

Sweetness  of  laughter;  sorrow  of  death, — 

Rain  on  the  ui)turned  sod  ; 
Scent  of  a  dewy  nursling's  breath 

Newly  come  from  God. 

Strenf^h  of  the  striving ;  deeds  of  the  blest, 
Light  through  the  darkness  hurled; 

F.cautv  arrayed  for  a  drcamles*;  rest; 
Youth  of  a  bounding  world. 


These,  arc  c-aiij,r|,t  in  the  arolxte  — 

Stars  1)11  tlu-  |.;ir|)li'  u;i!l. 
Suii)f,ri„^r  lin.jr  i-,.,,„„,  ;:'.I,I,ii-I,ri;^ri„ 

I.'iu  t.)  tlie  I.unI  (.1  all. 


SLKi:i'ij:ssxi:ss 

'l'ln"U,L:h  tlic  i)alnre  ..f  iijulit  awake,  awake. 

\\liat  Weary  !iuiir>  ui'  keep. 
We  who  wait   fur  the  dawn  to  i.nak.-- 

I  lie  ske|Hrs  who  eamiot   skvp, 

\\  I'  who  seareh  from  /oiu   to  zone 

l'«ir  tile  air\    \  i-ion  Htd. 
Ill  a  flash  of  tiioii-ht  thro"  the  wi^rld  alone.— 

Ihe  quick  iiw.nu^  the  dead. 

In  the  misty  halls  with  a  zeal  unmatched 
^  I- or  our  precious  dreams  we  prav. 
But  the  f^ates  of  sleej)  are  all  unlatched 
And  the  dreams  have  run  awav. 

Rut  Howers  of  thought  in  radiant  dress 
Sprinjj:  from  the  sombre  bowers ; 

Till  we  scarce  know  wliether  to  curse  or  bless 
The  blossoming,  midnij^ht  hours. 

And  jewels  of  fancy  flash  and  flare 
In  the  mind's  sore-troubled  deep, 

But  the  cry  over  all  is  a  bitter  prav'r 
For  the  blessing  of  sleep,  sweet  sleep. 


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\  ^LSsS^ 


wsmeiswm'w^^^Ji 


The  Sfyirit  of  ihi'  A'orlh 


i)i:i)iCATKi)  TO  MY  mothi-:r 


Till-     SPIRIT    OF    THI-:    NORTH 

Diiwiiward.   aivl   over   dowinvard,   uikKt  the   ice 

and  siKuv  ; 
Downward   where  the   treacirrous.  evil    Messen- 

!L,''ers  jj^o : — 

Loki,  the  Xnrthern  Spirit,  stretches  himself  and 
slee])S. 

Save  w'  ,n  the  Southlan<l  laii<,diter  into  his  dun- 
geon creeps. 

Into  liis  ear  this  lauy'hter  stcaliiij,--  ^o  t,dadl\    Ljav, 
Wakens   the  veni^-^eful   sleeper  to   fear   of   the   far 
off  Day. 

Thunderint:^  f(Tth  he  comes,  a  .c:od  of  the  olden 

time  — 
Callintj   for.   "■Ikia,    Ilela!"   daufjhter  of    Xiffel- 

heim. 

IKla.  the  awful  goddess,  who  reij^ns  in  the  Hall 

of  ( iriet. 
Low  at  the  root  of  the  .\>li  Tree,  where  never  a 

dewy  leaf 

I'alls  from  the  hi.tjh.   tjreen   branches,   swarininc: 

with  .LTolden  bees. 
And  watched  hy  the  Heautiful  Three  who  water 

ihe  sacred  trees. 


N\'ver  a  note  fnnii   Heimdar-  wondcTfiil  sont;  >>i 

l-ate 
Moats  from  tlu'  i\.•linl•o\^    Uridine  up-sprin<^ini:;  to 

heaven's  gate. 

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TluTi'  all  is  ji'v  ami  lauL^lUiT  :  hvw  all  i>  c,n-uf  and 

\\<u' : 
HiTc  in  till'   Ilousi'  iif   Ik'la — llunvt>  >,{  ihc  ice 

ami   ->ii"u. 

'•!Icla'    (ill.    llcla'"    ihundiT-    llu'    Spirit    "t    il'.c 

X'ortli  : 
'•(  )l)t'ii   tlK'   t,Mtcs  —  the    IIcl,t;rin(l  —  and    kt    inc 

nncL'  iniirc  forth  ; 

'iKlp  inc  to  Inish  the  lan,t;htor  maddonint::  all  my 

i)rain. 
The    senseless,    tinklini,'    lau.L::hter    made    by    the 

daneiny;  rain. 

"C'lmses  on  him  (jf  .\lfheim!    ridinir  liis   i^oldcn 

boar  — 
(larmented  as  the  siin  and  \vatohe<l  li\  his  Duarf- 

linj^'s  fonr  — 

"Curses  on  hini   forever!      I'"rost   an<l   the   hitter 

tii.^ht  I  — 
Clods!     I    will    rend   his   kinL,Mloni   and   cover   his 

lands  with  blicjht !" 

Swiftly   the   Xorthern   Spirit  lun-ried.  a  shape  oi 

dread. 
Shakin.i.:  the  i,Mant  walls  of  (Irief  with  his  mi.nhty 

tread. 


I'p.  he  rushed   from   the  darkness  —  up,   to  the 

earth  once  more  — 
l'|).  where  the  smiliiii;  summer  brooded  o'er  sea 

and  shore. 


I-'ar   .-md    a\v;iy    tlic    Southland    tlirilird    with    the 

imirnrriiit^-  piiic^, 
Sliiwly    thi'   L^nldi'n    suiishiiu-   ])nri)Kil    thr    fruited 

\  iui>. 

Dark  y-ixu   tlic  hmw  of  Loisi  ;  and  a-  his  hitter 

hreath 
hrifted  arm-,  ilu-  nuadous,  ^till  .^k\v  the  land  in 

death. 

"Mela.    oh.    FKla.     lltlal"    the    inoekiui;    .Spirit 

eried  ; 
".*~^l)eak  '     Ila\e    th-    sons    of    .\lfheiiu    a    corner 

wliere  to  lii(le  ? 

"Where  are  his  danf-,<r  sunhea.uis  —  vallevs  and 

lak^  s  I  mtsjiread  ' 
Ilelal"  he  eried  an(k  •ilela!"   I.o.  ihe\    are  cold 

and  dead! 

".Vevt'r    more    will    their    lau-::liter    maddiii    niv 

achiiii;^  hrain  — 
Xever  more  will  tlie  Mossoms  how  to  the  daiu-in<^ 

rain." 

Sadl\  the  Trinee  of  .\lfheini.  smiled  in  his  foe- 
man's  face, 

l'.ravel\  he  held  his  heail  thoUL,di  slowlier  ;L;rew 
his  paee  — 

"I  ;:o  for  a  tune."  he  s.ii  I.  and  fair  were  his  eves 

auil  clear  — 
Hut    I   will  Come  ai^ain.  and  i;ladh    m\    sons  will 

hear. 


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"'Iliink    yt-   to   kill    m>    lU'uplo?  —  not   dead   but 

sk'fpint,',  llicy 
Await    my    s])riii£jtinic    coiiiiiip.    as    the    sufftTcr 

waits  the  (lay. 

•'Mv    r.oar  of  the  s^'oMen  bristles!  attain  will  ye 

brint^  me  here, 
r.ut  now  niitst  \e  earry  me  hence  for  the  slcepini; 

nii/ht  of  the  vear. 


"Loki,  the  war  between  us  lasts  till  the  Winters 

Three. 
And  vet  attain  Three  more  and  the  ending  of  all 

shall  be';  — 

"Lasts  till  the  purple  dusk  of  the  Gods  shall  sure- 

Iv  come,  — 
The    rami)arts    of    Asgard    fall,    and    Ileiindal's 

voice  be  dumb. 

"F.ver  the  war  is  ra.cfcd  till  the  Rainbow  I'.ridije 

<^(H's  down  ; 
Yea.  and  the  sons  of  N'alhalla  perish  with  Odin's 

crown. 

"Loki.  the  end  is  near  when  double  the  Winters 

Three 
Call  for  the  l"enris-wolf  —  then  perish  the  Gods 

—  anil  We." 


HI'IMWI-H 

My  stritV  witli  the  world  is  ..vcr,  :\u,\  Iktc  I  iKvds 
niiisi  lie 

An. I  s\'^h  my  final  .h.^-^IiIiik  l>uu'atli  an  alien  skv. 

i-nr  yr.irs  nVr  the  portly    Ie.ln;ers,   in  a   stiflini; 
i"it\   street. 

I  rnled  as  a  kiiiq;  of  eonuner^e.  I.nt  rule  is  hitter- 
sweet  ! 

Xoni'  dare  disol,e\   the  niastir:  —  the  name  with 

men  means  fear  I  — 
I    am   sick   of  such   slavish    service   this   main    a 

weary  year. 

yU   tender  and  lovini,^  lost  ones,  who  ma<le  strife 

worth  the  while. 
Reply  not  when  I  call  them  hv  word,  or  liH)k,  or 

smile. 

What  hoots  all  the  ,i,^old  and  silver  when  love  and 

loved  are  (K'ad  — 
When   hands  (jf  the  hired   tend   iis.  nor  heed  the 

achinjr  head. 


What  hoots  all  the  ,t,-old  and  silver  when  life  is  a 

xfarnin.LT  <-'ry 
I-or    the    plains  —  the    open    ])rairies    under    the 

hroodiii"-  skv. 


My  birth  claims  a  far-off  Xorthland  —  she  calls 
me  —  calls  me  home 

To  rest  on  her  (juiet  hosom  neath  Cod's  cathe- 
dral dome. 

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I  IdiiLT  ^^itll  ;i  In  imr^ick  iMiii^Milt;  to  feci  tlu'  luifTalo 

'I'd  litar  tlic  Imnkiii-  u  iM  ^  i-r  ami  uliiti'  rrancs 
.\i  irthuaril  pass. 

Td  -iH'  tlir  ]\v<\\   niar-lir>.  rank  with  tlir  raiiis  of 

liinc. 
SlultiT  tlic  nistiii-:  uil(l-<lni-k  l.t'iuath  a  sumincr 

nil  N  in. 

Wlim  -liaik'wv  mists  of  nmrnini:  art'  L,^1i(>sts  all 

draw  n  ami  pair 
(  )l   Mankci.il    Indian   udnicn  wlm  li;ivr  lost   tin- 

lra\oi-.  trail. 

Will  ncvrr   I    sic  niiriMnir  like  a  sKikUt  stalk  of 

'Ilic    ^moki'   ol   tlir   iikM.v   cani|)-fiR'   in   tlic   cliill 
(  )rt<ilicr  air?  — 

Xor  witness  tlic  Inilian  Sunmu'r  lint^cr  on  plain 

ami   U'a 
T,,   ki>s  in  hi-  snowy  cra.llc.  llic   W  mtor  at  her 

knee  — 

Xor  -ei'   with   his   sheets  of  silver   spread   to  the 

earth  and  sky 
The   iro>til\    hlnc  elond-shadows  over  its  snrfaco 

tly. 

What    time    the    hendin.^-    eat-tails    with    jicndant 

diaim  md-  l;1ow. 
.\n<l  checks  of  the  scarlet  rose  hi])s  are  hhishintj 

thro'  the  snow, 

s-» 


When    hravciv    flie    cliirpiiii,'-    ';n(nv-l)ir'I    chants 

In  nil   sipiiic  lihiiiy-  s]>ra\ 
(  >f    .i^aiulilv     stiiiiiiK-(l    rc(l    uillnu     friiii^iiiL,'    the 

iro/.vn  ua\. 

And    sImwIv    with    iioiscloss    fn(itsti'|)s    tho    lovrlv 

jrwcllcd  niyht^ 
(■'•nil'    with   thrir   trains  nf  danoiTs   na^hinj,--  the 

XnrthiTii  ni;ht> ! 

< 'h.   luantiful    Xnrtlifrn    t\vih,i,dit  I  and    the   hhic, 

hhu'  XorthtTii  skv 
'I'hat    han.L:>    hki-   a    i^n'ant    harehdl    hidd    h\    thr 

llanii  on  hi^di  I 

J  hi'  citv    is  pri's^iny-   'nmnd   mo  —  T   canuDt   j^ct 

my   hii'atli. — 
X'l    air  —  no    >>ky  —  no    stilhicss,    hut    chimors 

Worse-  tlian  dcatli !  — 

Oh.  for  the  noMe  silence  pnlsint,^  the  .ijreat,  hhie 

hell ! 
\\  hen  rosy  the  dawn  is  j^Iowin,^;  as  the  he;irt  of  an 

ocean  shell  I 


One    s^dimpse    of    the    red-drenched    splendor    of 

chaliced  clouds  that  .-ail 
Close  to  the  d\in,i,^  sim-^od.  like  cnps  of  the  llolv 

Grail! 


The\  say  I'm  sick  unto  death, — then  for  Christ's 

sake  take  uw  home. — 
Home  to  the  i|uiet  seas  thai  never  break  in  foam. 


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Oh.  r.n.l!    I  am  old  and  I)r()kcn  — and  tlu-  pain 

i^  llu'  pain  "f  lull  — 
■|"lii>   nn-liral    X'Mlli    is   lallinj,' —  nn   \>n\\vr   can 

inakr  nic  well,  — 

i;nt   I   am  lur  tliild.  ^lu'  wuild  hold  nu'  cra«iK-d 

al,^■|ill-t  lur  brca-l  — 
I.iUlccl  tM  a  dim  fnimtlin;4  -  -  lui>lud  tn  a  drcani- 

U'ss  rest. 


•JllK    I'ALLINC.    .^TAR 

,\  star  Ini.kid  dnwn  I'mm  lii^  1; mu-  in  >pace 

I  )iip  in  a  ,L;lass\    pool : 
And  saw.  "  itli  \vnn<Kr,  liis  own  swrct  face 

[■■ranK'd  m  ilie   waters  cool! 

l-.ntliralled  lie  uazcd  at  the  imaiiv  trne. 

Winkint:   it-   (.nuious   r\e. 
'I'ill  —  Uanint,'  too  far  for  a  belt,  r  view  — 

Ik-  tuml)lf<!  out  of  tlic  sky! 


S4 


HARD   TIMFS 

"('iiiiu'  ill,  —  iMiiH'   in.   il"s  Mipuiii",   sir.  a  [htU'c' 

ualr  t'l-niL^Iit. 
llan.LT  lip  \c'r  anii  tluTr  li\    the  door.  —  couw  to 

till-  firf,  —  that's   rij,Hu  ! 
ThiiiL^s   's    kinder   imissydikt.,-   ain't    j,'ot    niiR-li 

fiinrohor  yet  — 
I'.nt  still  the  shant >  ">  shelter  fnnii  the  wind,  an' 

snuw  an'  wet. 

'"N'es,  times  is  hard;  I  reckon  tli;it  tliere  won't  l>e 

nuuh  to  show 
I\t  l;ist  \iar's  work  iii)on  the  eliim,  —  the  priee 

of  whiat's  si  1  low  ; 
\\\'  wife's  hill  siek  ;i  lon^,',  loni;  time,  —  she  took 

the  !.:ri|)  ri'al  had  — 
( iot  kimier  tuckered  out  a-woikin'  morn  an'  noon 

like  mad. 

"I've  jis'   hin    fer  the   doctor.  —  that's   him    who 

went  up  stairs,  — 
He  didn't   speak  of  pay  at  all,  t)r  ask  alK)ut  my 

'fairs,  — 
r.ut    if   he    had.   the   Lord   alone    knows    what    I 

should  'a  done ; 
There's   many    here   in   want   of  cash  —  hut   us ! 

lie  iiin't  i:^nt  none! 


"We  can't  afford  to  hire  help,  that's  how  thinp[s 

as  they  be,  — 
Tlure's  no  one  here  td  do  the  chores,  hut  Sue  an' 

I'lahe  an'  me. 
An'   I'.ahe,  —  she'd  like  to  i\o  her  share,  —  hein' 

most  a  whole  year  old! 

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All"  kiMwin'I  —  (i(i>lil  lliat  cliiUl  knows  inore'n 
many  a  man  ci  mid  hold  I 

'■\\'t   I   nm>t  >a\   she  ain't  a  'vluilc  al  liclpin'  on 

tlu'  L;'anu\  — 
'I'lion^li.     lauz\ ->aki-sl  —  slir     thinks     she    is, — 

I -I  nil  love  her  jis*  the  samel 
Sni'V     Iioiiu'     was     in     ()ntairy.  —  She'd     never 

worked  real  hard  — 
Xot    as    •-he's   had    to   work    out    lure,    in    stable, 

hon^e  an<l   yard. 

"A  man  sean-e  stan'^  t1ii>  elimati'  when  he's  poor- 
ly clothed  an'  \v(\. 

An'  hon-'t'd  in  sh;irk>  so  cold.  \er  hreath,  t^oes 
sniokin'  'ri  nnid  \  er  head  ! 

An',  (iosh!  1  conldn't  hel])  it.  —  I'd  liaf  \.o  i^c  to 
town 

A-ti-amin'  loails  of  wood,  er  hay,  fer  Smith,  er 
Jones,  er  llrown  — 

"Trv'n  to  arn  a  dollar  ])'ra])'s  to  kt'ep  the  wolf 

at  hay. 
An'  Liit  the  things  we  needed,  so.  we've  struy,^led 

day  by  day. 
"N'es,  while   I'fl  be  away  she'd  haf  to  look  np  all 

the  stock  :  — - 
An'  chop  the  hole  out  at  the  crick  —  froze  solid 

like  a  rock. 

.^he'd    water   all   the   cattle   there.  —  Sne's   jis'    a 

little  thini,^  — 
Comes  hardly  to  my  slmnldcr.  yil  she'd  laiii^^h  -ui' 

jest  an'  sint^, 

Xti 


An'  sorter  Joke  aI)Out  her  work.  l)ecause  it  wor- 

rieil  nie  ! 
I  iiiii^lu  'a  known  Iiow  it  would  end;  —  fer  now 

slie's  down,  vc  sec. 

I'm  im'Me  ^lad  tlie  doctor's  liere,  —  an"  that  lie 

conie  to-day  ; 
Of  course  it's  jis"  a  cold,  hut  still —  I'm  anxious, 

I  iHUs"  say, 
It  seems  so  stranf,^'  when  .^ui 's  not  "round,  that 

worried  like  1  feel,  — 
J'.f  times  jis'  wasn't  iiiiitc  so  hard  Td  ru>tle  out  a 

deal 

An"  trit  her  down  Fast  to  her  folks,     'i'hat  would 

he  a  ^^url)rise ! 
r.iu   with   the>e  mort,i,\-i,i,^es,  —  Col    Darn!  —  sav. 

what  would  you  advice? 
(  )h.  doctor!     lIow"s  yer  patient  seem?     ( iuess   I 

was  olif  my  head 
To  he  so   scared   this  luornin".      iJuctor!  —  Xo! 

—  mv  (iod  !  —  she's  dead  !"' 


THE    PRI.SOX    CIIAIM'L 
Stow  ^^  UN  tain- 

Outside,  the  sunuuer  winds  roa.n  free — the  soar- 

iuij  hirds  no  houndaries  own. 
The  June   time   fills   each    heart  with   };lee.  save 

these  l.'ehiml  the  hars  alone. 
The  roviuii-  suiditjht  stru},^,i,d(.s  thro'  the  hars  of 

weather-heateu  steel  — 
A   ,t,'ay   old   outlaw    dancint;   while  the   prisoners 

decurouslv  kneel. 


'•^^^'^^y^^^^^??^^^ 


The   armed    guards   watch    ceaselessly   in    sentry 

box  —  by  iron  (!i)f)r 
The  \va\s  that  kail  to  liberty  —  each  .ivcnue  and 

corridor. 
Tile  hush  is  f^ently  stirred  —  a  voice  swells  out  in 

praise  and  ])ray'r  an<l  i)>alin, 
'Hie  orjj^an  moans  its  sailness  throu,t,di  the  silence 

of  the  Sabbath-calm. 

"The  I^ird  is  in  His  Temple  here,"  so  reads  the 

solemn  scroll  above 
The  crimson  altar-cloths,  where  lie  the  volumes 

of  the  law  and  love  : 
"Almij^hty    h'ather    we    have    erred    and    strayed 

from  Thy  ways  like  lost  siieej) :" 
The   heart-break  of  the  world  breathes   throusj^h 

the  sad  confession  low  and  deep. 

Shut  from  the  world,  condemned  to  live  throufjh- 

ont  the  week  with  soundless  lips. 
The  jirison-voice  with  ])ain  (j'ertlows  when  silence 

once  her  leash  unslips. 
The    firm-voiced    priest    speaks    reverently    the 

qreat  "Thou  shah  imts,"  and  with  awe 
Comes   the    response   from   convict  lips:   "Lord, 

teach  our  hearts  to  keep  this  law." 


The  sermon  follows,  tender,  plain,  as  suited  to  the 

time,  and  need 
Of  future  days  of  liberty,  with  freedom  both  for 

will  and  deed,  — 
A  layin<j  of  foundation  deep,  —  not  leavinjjf  all  to 

idle  chance. 
When  once  ati^ain  the  men  .c^o  forth  to  fii^ht  with 

place  and  circumstance. 

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Oh.  l)rotIicrs!  overcome  hv  stress  of  storniv  pas- 
sions, —  loves  and  hates  ; 

W  lirii  (MHT  more  free.  l)in(l  not  vour.srlves.  wilh 
str<iitj^i-r  chains,  ciitsiilc  the  l^uics. 


SIL\  H r<    POPLARS 
Morn  INC, 

Gathered    in    friendly    Rroi-ps,    like    a    hew    of 

.trraeefnl  ijirls 
Saucily  shakint,'-  their  tresses  free  from  a  hath  of 

I)earls  ; 

Draperies  daintilv  ,i,'reen.  and  'hroidcred  atrainst 
the  sky 

With  laceries  lii^htly  swept  hy  shv  winds  loitor- 
inq-  hy. 

Ghosts  of  the  dawn  for  hackfjround.  —  sj.irits  of 

rose  and  .qroy, 
Paintint,^  the  silver  stems   with  a  hhish   for  the 

cominj:;;-  day. 


Noon. 

Xow  when  the  sun  hurls  down  his  arrows  of  liq-Jit 

and  fire. 
Drowsily  nod  the  trees  awaitin<;  the  wind-.£rod's 

lyre : 
Then   from  their  slumhers  wakeninc;  thev  rustle 

and  pat  their  g-owns. 
And    fjossip    in    wonderful    whisixTs    till    tii<;ht 

creeps  o'er  the  downs. 

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XlGIIT 

L(i!  .'IN  tilt.'  >li;iil(iu>  Ifiii^tlicii,  to^-ithcr  tlir  trees 

are  ])n.ss(.(l. 
riiHUriiiL;'  like  a  i!>)vt'-C(jtc  thrilled  and  sore  dis- 

tresM'd.  — 
Xerviius  livsterical  trembler-^ !  uf  what  are  ye  not 

afraid  ? 
Afraid  i>i  i  lu  l-uin.t;>  tlappint,^,  afraid  of  the  eloud- 

rark's  shadi'  ? 

(  linL;inii-  toi;tther  with  flutters  clutehed  ami  en- 
twined  I   wis. 

Shrinking'  with  fear  at  the  footstep  —  ])ale  'neath 
the  SI  mth  wind's  ki>s. 

Ah!  \e  eanimt  ninentber  my  heantifnl  fri,s;htened 
trees 

Shiverinu;'  in  the  moonlij^ht  —  sluidderim,'  in  the 
1  feeze. 

The  liinL;-for<4dtten  sorrow  that  from  to])niost  leaf 
to  moss. 

.'^till  thrills  thro'  all  ymir  hranehes.  the  sorrow  of 

A  CROSS. 


A  'iiirxDi-.R.^roR.M  OX  Tin-:  plaix.s 

.\l  early  e\e.  I  sat  outside  my  tent,  and  watched 

the  chani;in^"  pietmx's  in   tlie  West 
(irow  (jiiickly  'neath  my  t:;aze.    Cities  and  towns. 

hnilt  lip  of  li'olden  clouds,  faded  and  ])assed 
Leaving  no  trace,   like  those   fair  cities  of  a  hy- 

L^one  aiL;e. —  .Xineve  and    I'.aliylon. 
.\t   intervals  the  opalescent  i;;lory  of  the  sky  was 

rent  with  liviiit;  tin'  — 
.\  tiainin-,'-  swdrd.  whose  cruel,  an^fry  thrust  drew 

out  the  life-hlooil  of  the  firmament. 

IK) 


mi:i^^iM^:^j^s^^ 


Il.-irtlnvanl.  a  silonco  vn^t  licUl  all  tlio  widespread 
circle  of  *hv  plain,  \\li(»e  creatures  felt 

A  prrsa.i^e  of  the  storm.  A  subtle  frij^^ditened 
lui.sli  pervaded  all  the  atiuosjiliere  — 

The  fear  of  an  impeiiditii,'  doom.  Thus,  while  I 
waiti-d,  slowly  all  color  perished:  — 

Dtdl  leaden  tints  stolf  oVr  the  ;,M,Id  anrl  crimson 
world.  —  .\  smell  of  >wiftl\ -eoiniii.!.r  rain 

drew  on  the  sense; — .\  lii,ditly  runnin.!.,'-  wind  iust 
hruslu'd  my  cheek,  and  into  rijiplint;  waves 

Sent  all  the  perfumed  Lrrass.  I'.ut  now  mine  eve- 
lids  fell  before  a  li.i^ht,  like  unto  that 

Which  shone  around  the  stern-browed  Tharisee. 
when  (in  his  way  to  bind  the  Damascenes. 

I  stat^^i^ered  back  into  my  tlajii)ini;  tent,  while  on 
luy  deafened  ears  there  fell  a  crash. 

As  thou,<,di  the  bolt  had  sj)lit  tlie  heavens  in  twain, 
and  into  chaos  hurled  the  uriverse! 


TWILIGHT 

Xo  cloud  in  sij,dit  to  mar  the  t^olden  vault. 

just    faintly    tin,q;e(l    witli    blue,    that    charmed 
while 
Tu'tween  the  setting-  of  the  siuumer  sun 

.\nd  comiuf,^  of  the  starry  rank  and  file. 

Reclined  at  ease  upon  the  hillside's  breast:  — 
\\'ith     hands     enclasjied     beneath     the     tired 
head  — 

And  <;aze  turned  upward  to  the  throbbinpf  skv, — 
So  moved  i)erchance  beneath  an  anircl's  tread? 

Life  thus  is  good.     K'en  though  the  still  delight 
Of  grief  surceased,  be  not  unmixed  with  pain  : 

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'I'lu'  minor  chord  scrvis  nnl\  to  iMiliaiice 
'I'lie  beauty  of  the  tircatcr  major  strain. 

I-Voin  (Ifptlis  sircnc  tlu-  vrlvct  rolii-  of  niirlit 
Slips     (lownwanl     from     tlu-     MasH-r-Makir's 
loom, 
And  i'artli"s  sad  \va\  farcrs.  all  travrl  t<irn. 
Arc  softlv  foldrd  in  its  y-racious  t;lo<iin. 

I  "or  one  short  Iionr  the  schcmin.!^  world  is  not  :  — 
TIh-   ^rind.  —  tlie   toil.  —  the  ciirsin.c:  and   the 
.i,dare 

Slip  from  the  mockim^  soul.     And  roses  breathe 
Their  perfume,  like  the  essence  of  a  prayer. 

THE   S1L\-RR    BIRCIIKS 

Tall  and  straii^dit.  and  i;olden  i^firdled, 
With  white  lilies  in  liei  har.il  — 

My  beloved  came  to  ijjreet  me 
Where  the  silver  birches  stand. 

I  was  weary  with  lon<.:f  waitinij^, — 
Tides  (){  sorrow  o'er  me  swept. 

While   I   watched  beside  the  birches, 
Where  of  late  my  lady  slept. 

Not  a  bl<Jt  was  on  her  bosom. — 

All  her  beintj  i^loritied  ;  — 
From  the  vista  of  the  future 

Drew  she  downward  to  my  side. 

All  the  jKiin  of  all  my  vi.t;ils. — 

All  the  ant^uish  of  the  past 
r.eat  upon  my  tcM'tured  sjMrit. 

l-'ace  to  face  with  her  at  last. 


-;^-^V( 


And  T  Wdiild  liavo  t-atiulit  lur  to  me. — 
Criislud   lur   in   a   la-t   I'lnhrai'c  ; 

Kissi'd  luT  hair. — ^  luT  iianls.  —  tlir  lilic- 
Kissed  til  rii>.f  lur  pallid  faro. 

r.nt  slic  pauscil  with  irravc  ri'Iml-'ni:  — 
Hidd  tny  j)assinn  in  arrest. — 

Raisi'il  luT  lovely  arms  in  silence. — 
Laid  the  lilies  on  my  breast. 

Tlien   with   measured,   stately    foot>ti])s. 

r'arther,  and  yet   farther,  drew 
Toward   the   vista  of  the  futnre, — 

l-'rins^ed  with  rosemary  and  rne. 

In  its  yellow  liffht  resj)lendent. — 
liackward  tnrned  with  sinilin<^  lips. 

And  as  promise  of  a  t^nierdon. — 
Pieckoned  with  her  finj^er-tips ! 

All  the  man's  love  snr.^itiLT  o'er  me. 

Sorrow-crowned,  and  sorrow-kept  : 
With  her  sad  smile,  passed   forever. — 

Passed  forever  —  and  I  slept. 

"lie  but  dreamed  it."  say  the  i)eople  : 
"He  was  crazed  with  lack  of  rest  I" 

Yea.  perhaps,  but  when   1   wakened. 
There  lecrc  lilies  o)t  my  breast ! 

And  thro"  days  of  sun  and  shadow. 
Wait  I  here  her  last  ctimmand  — 

Wait,  and  keep  my   silent  vi^-il. 
Where  the  silver  birclies  stand. 


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m^a^f&mis^^^M^mf^::^^' 


'niK  Qci-.siiov 

•■S.;"l.-   I    ul„.,K.n..|:    -Sml.-    |    ul„-.p,r,,,. 


Is  Ilii>  .Km-    ,\  this  ,l\in.. 


^MllsIHTfil  ; 


';•  "H'    ntn,v,  S..„I.-   I   ul;i>,n.rol- 
N..  tlK.  unsWvv  Mild  i„,„,I,r   _ 
(.lus.  the  sccrrt  of  tlu-  .l..nruav  -- 
\^  n  ahvavs  dark.  I  u.m.l.T'  ' 

('\rr  yn„,lrr.-ovrr   y.„i,Kr:- 

"I;«".kiii,-   I.ai-kuanl    thr.,'   tlir   a-^^. 

'"  "';■  I.-iiiips  sr,  dimlv  l.uniinj  -1 
'"."'<■  hitost  priest  ..r  pmplu't      ' 

^I'f   I  luiman  faces  tnrniii<,r  __ 

'■""''  ^^"''  y^'arn.n-  -„h.  snd,  ycarnin-! 

"^•\Vh    ^   "''''f?":'''^     ■'^"'•'•■'   I    whispered: 
Uiun  the  veil  is  rent  asunder.   — 

U  u;n  the  donruav  wide  is  opened. - 

.\\dl  there  silenee  he.  or  tlumder-'  — 

l-i.i:it   nr  darkness?     Sml.-   I   uhi.pered  • 

il<'v.-   I   u.Mider!     I[.,u    I  uonder'" 


»i 


I<  >    !■     K.  \  . 

Willi    \   I'oK  IK  \i  I  .ii    Ti  \  \^  -(,\ 

\\  i-  i^iw  Villi  L;rritiii)4.  suiitrst   irniKl, 
<  >ii  this  Ljlad  ninniiiij^^  ni  tlu'  (i;i\ 
\\  c   kti-|)   ill   iiuiiiorv    111    I  lim, 

\\  \\i>^v  i:viulf  >ua\ 

Has  blfSMcl  tlu'  i.(.iiturii-< :  an«l   laiij^lu 
I'liat  svlf]rssiu>s  of  purot  nii>ul<l 
Can  make  nt  lik'.  a  unrtli  —  ii.,t  i.  liiuil 
In  \c\\i  <\\   yiild. 

^'|'ur  fair,  full  life.  —  a  lulp  t.i  all 

(  )ii  ulioiii  its  t>>iiux'  fiiu'  (U'^ofiiiU  :  ^ 

Is  siK-li  tci  lis  the  latest  conu'. 

(  )f  all   vdur  friiiKN. 

I'roni  each  day's  iiiti-reDiirsc.  a  hope. 
And  \vin<Ted  asi)iration  ri>e. 
Till  tlii)Uf,du  mounts  up  to  touch  the  ^tar> 
AikI  ranj^e  the  skies  I 

\\  e  pniy  you.  take  this  little  j^ift  :  — 
This  pit  of  love. —  the  shadow-face 
(^f  him  who  sanij[  of  nol)le  lives 

And  deeds  of  j:jrace. 

And  so,  sweet  friend,  tl'.is  Christmas  morn 
While  j^ladsome  folk  about  the  town 
(ireet  friends,  we  kiss  your  hands,  and  lay 
Our   tribute   down. 


as 


Till-:  Ml  \Tii  <  'I    Tin:  \)\\ 

Stiai|l';i^llv     nil     -he     ni'iviN.  -    >traii4lii     t'l     the 
wt'^t . — 

llif  liiipcTial  I  )ay: 
Wli'i^r  liiiiimiL;  cIikK  aiii]  laniisli,(|  ^^..I.lin  ruhc 

S|)'  ak  I  i|'  ilii    i'ia\ . 

I  III-  -KaiiiiiiL;  liair   in   man;,    a   tlaniin^   in--. 

I  lu'  111  ii  1/1  Ml  \  ril-  ; 
Ami  '  'i  1    the  nil  niniaiii  t.i])-  in  rrini-nn   -latf, 

I  li  r   inaiitK    trail-. 

Si  I.  like  a  wai-wiiMi  i|!u-rn.  \uiiirii>ns 

N  ct    \\(  arinl    >i  ic. 
Willi   lialtlc  rililii  iiu  il   hannii-   living   I'rtr 

I  III-    1  nil'   tniic    nil  IC 

."^lu-   l:iu-    Im   iiiirt    \\vv   111  M  mi.—  tlimii^li    natinns 
fall 

SIk-   will   nut    t'ail 
'In  kirp  lur  tr\-l.  and  Karn  wliat  lii-  luliiml 

I  In-  iii\  -tir  \  I'il. 

A  l)lazr  with  I  )raiir-  wild  fiir.  a  -pacr.  ai^aiiist 

I  lu'  liraviii-  1 1\\  n  bliif.  — 
SIk   jiart-  tlu'  Wi-tiTii  onitaiii-  with  lur  hands. 

Ami    i)a--c-   tlirmiijli. 


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\I'K'I-,>M(  i\ 


IlH'ir    Wt.iltll    In    II, mi-    iiii.i.d. 
l."[t>     >(aitnii^s.    ,„„.,„,.    |,i,tiiivs.    1,„|,    i,,i,„„i 
the   uiiiilc.\\>   ^liiittiTiil  : 

All  tlu.|.,.:rs;nv  l,;,nv.I  ;,„.!  l.nltol.  aihl  tin-  k.Ns 
"I  i\ir\   I'Mftal 

<■':''  l"'I'I-  Minlv,  „.„•  rnini.t.  tlinn  u.  il,.    n  ,  M,. 
lalt  niiL;   iiinrtal. 


lint    alien  r..iM,-.  a  im-lilv    -pirn,  n- 

II  Ullllloll    (lusl    ;   _ 

trviiii^   uitlt   a   vmJ, 


l'\lT     Illst. 


n^iiiL;  ir'.iii  tin- 
'■   Ills, M,  III  :   ilu-ii   tlu-    Ma-t.r, 


Hears  tlu.  an-iusl,,.,!  ,,,,1.    uprisino.        l,„.^^.  ,!„■ 

.i^emils   \et    t(.  I)e. 
I'ntM  Iiim   tin-   kt.\,   are   -i\en. 


and   111,-   [iri-,  ,;u.,I 


MIDXK.IIT 

I  I""ls  up  I,,  tlu.  vast  iiitiniiii.Ie  ,,i  spa.-e 
An.l  Me  the  velvet,  iniclin^l,,   s^  .  as  if  i,  "u,.,,. 
'';;^,;\[;^'"-  -^•''^•''''In'l,,,,|-,,n,;.aven,  in  .iran.c^^- 

I'iyr.e.l    In     ,aii,I.,,u     s.ars.        a    !attuv-.s,  ,rk    ,.f 

Tl.ruii^I,   uliid,  a  ra.Iiam   li^l,,   f|-..,„  ,;,„,•,  ,,^,„ 

'aee.  ;n   sh.iwrs 
<>f^.nMv    tenderness,    streams    ,,,,,„    „,,,„    ;,,^. 


'II'.  \(   li  \ir.  W  ISI)(  ).\l.  M:  (Till'.K-XAllKI-; 

'l\aili    iiK'    ui^dnm.    Mi  itlui-Xatun,' :  — 

'laki.'  iiu'  tn  lli\   hrcasf. 
And  till'  Iii'art  wliicli  \wll-nii,di  l)r(.'ak(.'lli 
With   its  .i^rii'f  tliat   aclu'tli.   aolutli. 

May  pifliaps  \'\\\<\  rot. 

'r-aili  nu'  tlu'sc  tliiii.L,'^>.  Mntlur-Xattirc :  — 

Li't  nu-  li'arii  ai)art 
Si.i.Ti't->   (.■"(,•11    tlu'   hinlliiii;-   kiiowitli 
SkiiiiniiiiL;-  uluri'  tlu'  watir  tlnui'th:  — 

Music    in    his    hi-art. 

'I'lai'Ii  nio  what  the  tlouors  arc  sayintj, — 
1  li-avN ,  —  (lew  -(.■ni|)<.'ark'(l. 

A>  (.aih  piTtunK'd  head  low -hiinlctli. - 

\\  aitini,^  till   the   sini  asccndftli 
(  )\'r   a   sentient   wnrld. 

SliMW   nie  how   the  torch  of  Aiitunni 
Lijj^hts  tile  j^lowinij^  tire. — 

Till  with  colors,  no  man  naineth. 

All  the  savaj^e  hillside  tiaineth 
(  )n  its  funeral  pxre. 

Tell  me  what  the  rain(lro])s  mutter 
When  the   floods  descend. 

And  the  li^htnin^^'s  banner  waveth 

(  )ver  sleepinij  homes  he  craveth 
Heaven's  leave  to  rend. 

What  are  all  the  forests  chantinj^ 

In   deep  or^jan  tones. 
When  the  wind  his  baton  swinfj;-eth. 
And    the    tlutnder-bell   low-rin.Ljeth 

Stormy  antiphones. 

9s 


r*"irrr'^T^'''"'*"^fT^-TrfrfmT  wir  ir"'°¥TtT'TFff™Tiiitrinnr^'^'TriTmirT*rii'TirrMrrri^^ 


Trarli  iiif  tlir-r  tliiiiL;>,  Mi  itliii- .\';itnri'. — 

lakf  tiK'  t(  1  tl)\    l)rca>t. 
Ami  tlu'  liL-art   uliirli  wrll-iUL;!)  hri'akitli, 
Willi   it<  iiv'wi  that   aclutli.  aohitli. 
Ma\    |nrlia|)-  tunl   i\-t. 


AX     IMI'Ki:SS|().\ 

A    t]a.--h    i>f    (.-arriai^r    ulirrl>.    wliirliiiL;-    "Vcr    ilic 

iirl)aii  iiiik>  ; 
A   L;iiiii|)Sf  (it  V(.I\(t   i^a^r  ulurc  an   in-nlriit  mit- 

ca>t  >mili>. 
With   tht.'  clnak.-    tht'  j^k  iw-.  -    thr  i^nwii.   with 

tlu'  tVit  S(  I  daiiuilx    >li(  !(k 
<iiKs  a  heart  \vl  \<u>^v  inun  hrlk  ami  a  fare  like 

the  iimther  uf  (  'nu\. 


vwv.   ui-A  i:iLi.|-. 

Wake.  iii\   (luii!     I'he  laiiee'-  of  thi'  sun, 
Rosy-red.  are  marching   up  the   skv. 

Wake,  my  own!    for  kive  and  ]i,yht  are  one. 
And  doubt  and  darkness  in  their  presence  tly. 

Wind  and  storm  i^alioped  o'er  the  >ea 
All  iii,t,dit  lon!^^  and  1  dreamed  of  thee. — 
Dreanu'd   of  thee,  and  as   1  am   thine 

My  beloved,  m\    beloved. — 
I  )reanu'd    I,  thou  wert   mine. 

What  care   1   for  the  -t<  rmV  wild  -lee! 
What  care   1    I'nr  the  mo.-niinu;'  -i-a  I 


^  Vr-.^I'rt.-*  t-i^li^CifiiJ^S. riritSsi^iei  -iirr^ 


''< 


Day  lia>  dawiud  ;iii<I  tlu'  skii-  ;iri'  clear  I 

My  l)cliiv((i.  my  hrlovcd, — 
\\  akni.  ]i\\v  is  luff  I 

\\alM-.  iii\  dwii'     '!"!u'  luialil  ut"  ilu   dawn 
All  tin-  air  uilli  s\\citr>t   iiuisi     tills. — 

\\  aki-.  ni\  nun!      The  sahlc  ni^iit  is  <^,,uv. 
And  nidinin-  calN  •■RrvrilliV'  to  tlu'  liilU! 


I.\     .\li:.M()KI  AM 

!■■.     (.    S.    C. 

IK'  kfpt  liis  sdul  uns|i<itto(I  and  untarnished, 
A   radiant   lily   rup  —  a  li<)l\    chalice: 

Which    when    the    (  ireat    KiiiL;    saw.    He    i^entlv 
lifted 
And  |)laced  securely  in  His  n  >\  al  i)alace. 


^.l•:^■(  ).\i)  i.^  (;( )i) 

I  Udidd  i,fr<)vv  up  t(j  the  full  stature  nf  a  soul: 
Majestic,  calm  and  brave :  and  ever  strive  to  jT^ain 
The  shiniiiir  heitjhls   where  love  serenely   dwells 
With  altruistic  faith,  in  palaces  of  lij,dit. 
Yet.  with  hiuiiility  enough  to  comprehend 
The  narrow  limits  set  to  man's  intellif^eiice  — 
And  —  si)ite  of  subtle  reason  —  wise  enous,di  to 
cry  : 

"licvond   is  (iod." 


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T^^C'^S^SSPSSIA 


^■^??ifsii^^*r"?S:S^m^g^!^-smi=ss!mss:i:: 


.«*-- 


Si  ).\.\I:T 

'I'lu'  rf>tlis.-.  wiirld.  al   llii^  the  (.•(.•iilnrv "-  nul. 

<  iaziiij,^  askaiui'  at  i(.cin.  -.ict.  nr  rmd. 
Lacks    t'ViTvwluTi'    ilu'    ^raiid    inrcntivc    nf    hc- 

lirf.—  ■ 

l'()r  lai'k  of  faith   alwa\-»  alxirts  tlu'  di'cd. 
I  lalf-ltrartrdly.   iiii'ii   >|H'ak   ■  >f  ikidIct  tliiii^> 

I'lian  tlmsi-  l)oliind  a  c  iintcr.  Imhii^Iii  and  ^old  ; 
lU'causf  wf  /('(•/  lialfdu'arti.dl\    iim   rin^ini;   ^"H.l; 

<  )r  stirrini;-  stnr\ .  in  our  (.;;r>  i>  t'lld; 
When  ainiin<4  hitjli  tin-  ;irrn\\   I.iwtr  tli<.'>. 

And    i^rrvcd    nf    ^n,l(l    hjds    |)riiK-f>    >tand    ati'l 
wait.  —■ 
(  >h.    marching    \«.-arsI    that    chum-    from    c>nt    (hi- 
i^rcat. 
Dini-shadoufd  halls  of  \a>t  futurities; 
We  pray  you  !oo>c  our  dollar  wovimi  hands. 
So  we  niav  serve  \nn  with  un>liaekled  hand>. 


I-LAIXK 

I  hold  my  hands  out  to  voii,  winds,  wild  winds. — 
Hurrying'-  over  the  fields  of  Lorain. — 
r.rushinf,'-  the  lawns  where  the  lilies  have  lain. 
And  imi)l(>re  you  tread  lightly. — 
Softly  and   lightly. — 

The  mosses  tha'.  cover   i'.laine. 

I  hold  my  hands  out  to  vou.  clouds,  far  clouds. — 
And   pray,   when   you    jxnir   out    your   chalice 

of  rain 
<  iver  the  valle\ .  the  hill  and  the  ])laiii. 
^'<IU  will  s])rinklo  hut  s!i<;htly. — 
Softlv    and    lii^hllx. — 
Till'  fjirasses  that  shelter  I'laine. 

lol 


I   ill  lid  m\   liamU  mu  [>>  ya\.  (..irtli.  fair  i.'arih, — 
W'lio  L;atlur(.'>t  into  thy  husdm.  tlif  >lain. — 
And    kti|>r-t    tlnin    '^niv    in    the    wind    and    the 

rain. 
I    ])ra\     \  1  >u   111  lid    ti.L^luh  .  — 

S'lftlv    and   li.uiitls .  — 
I  lif  wliitr  narrow   li'd  "t  i'.laini,-. 

I  li'ild  my  liand>  nut  U<  \nu.  sia,  sad  sea. — ■ 
SinLiin^;   I'nnvrr  tin-   >aini'  rrfrain 
(  )t     till'     drad     wluj    will     nivrr    ciinic     limine 

a.i;ain,  — 
\nd  ;iray  ynu  sin^'  ni^iitly. — 

Sni'tly   and  lii^ditly,— 
^^lur  Mii't   Inllal)ii'S   fur   i'laiiu'. 

I    cr\    to   ynu.   olouds.    and    tlu'    wind>.   and    the 

>lars. 
I  rry  to  yon,  earth  and  the  sea. 
Id  writ  eh  well  and  .miard  well 
Tlu'   L;;ite   death   ha>   barred   well 
Till  death  himself  eeaseth  to  he: 
And  when  fur  me  the  Inny  day  has  ended:  — 
W'ateh  well,  and  ^uard   well,  the  eharq-e  I  have 

tended  :  — 
I  hro"  the  Iimiil:  eenturies.  earth,  and  oil.  sea! 
Watch  till  the  day  in  a  far  ■lernity.  — 
(1(1(1  TTimself  ^iveth  her  baek  unto  me. — 
|-".laiiie  I      IClaine  I     l-'laine  I 


1(1-2 


ASI'lK  \l  l<  ).\ 

It  sliiiu>,  at  first,  a  distant   \\a\ criiiiL;  i^lcam. 

lint  faintly  strn.^^liiiL;'  tliron;^!]  tlu'  mistv  ul'^ht 
Of  sordid  ci>iimii>iij)lai.H' :      \\{  stirriii;j;  u]) 

Tlif  snnl  to  fn.'sli  Liidiavor  towards  tlir  li.^lit. 
Disconraj^niiu'iit  and  douht   fon-vcr  draw 

'Ilu-  oir  ain  of  tlu'  present  'nmnd  onr  ua\  — 
Rut  look  i)cyoiid,  the  dawn  will  hn^ak,  and  still 

"Shine  more  and  niore   tnito  the  perfeet   dav.  " 


rill-:   si.\(,i:r-s    I'R.\\i:r 

'1  here  is  joy  in  the  heart  of  the  robin. — 
Tlicre  is  hliss  in  the  throat  of  the  lark.  — 

All  the  hird-son^s  of  day  are  triuni])Iiant, 
.\nfl.  —  the  nif;htin,i,^1Ie  sin.LTs  in  the  dark  I 

Rut  they  all  know    the  secret  of  sini^in^. 

.So  that  hearts  Ii,<,diter  i^row    with  their  sonsrs 
Iu)r  their  souls  an-  so  filled  with  life's  nuisic, 

There  are  no  corners  left  for  life's  wrunjTs. 

'nierc's  a  hcxm  I  wouM  ask  of  the  Master  — 
Lord,  ijrant  me  the  prayer  that   1  ])ray  1 

Let  me  sint^  so  the  toilers  max    listen. 

As  they  pause  in  the  work  ni  the  da\ . — 

Let  me  sini,^  so  the  tired  at  ni^ht-fall 

.May  hoh.old  in  the  jubilant  Wi'st 
.All  the  .i,dory  of  work,  when  the  workman 

Flas  completed  his  task  and  max    rest. 

Let  me  sinj^-  so  the  sick  and  the  snft,  ^in,L,^ 
Iieav\-i'yid   with   the  vii^ils  the\    keep. 


il:l 


Still  uy.i\    li^t   tM  iii.\    ln!l;il>i<.'-  -iraliiiL: 
Snftl\    in  ;il   tluir   \\inilii\\>     -  ami   -Iri'p. 

Li-t  iiH-  siiiir  f'T  '".^   *'\^"  ''"'^■'  •'"'*'  I'<'>I>1<-'-  — 
I'Or  till'  children  \vi-  im-cl  on  llic  \va>  ; 

Lrt  tnv  voiiH-  tin<l  its  cliurd  in  the  present. — 
In    till-    tH-i'(l>    that    arc    i)resMn^    tn-day. 

Man\    nations  uiil)nrn  have  their  siinj^H-r> 
i'.invrapiK'd    in   the   nebulous   mist 

Of  viri;inal  da\>  whieh  the  ^unli.uht 
Has  vet.  nor  discovered,  n' ir  ki>t. 

They  will  >ini;-  for  the  time  that  is  eoiiun.u. — 
Let  me  sins^;  for  the  time  that  is  here; 

Has  the  world  of  to-day  less  of  heart-lireak 
Than  the  world  of  some  f.-ir-formint;  year  r 

ImH  mv  son,t,'-  iwW  of  beauty  and  t,dadness. — 
Master.  iir.nU  me  the  pr;iyer  that    1   l)ray. 

[•ill  mv  souijs  full  of  ho])e  for  the  hoiH'l<-'SS. — 
And   oh'   let   me  sin-;  them   to-day. 


rxcLF/s  rnkiSTMAS  sT(Mn' 

*"S'on  want  a  story,  ehiokens  mine.  -   a  tale  that 

nmst  be  true!  . 

A    tale    of    little    ehiUlren.  —  with    a    Christmas 

flavor,  too  .- 
NK    poor  ol.l  brain  will   reiT    I   fear.  attemiHinff 

"deeds  like  this:  . 

Vou  would  not  like  to  >ce.  I'm  sure,  your  L  ncle 

eraz\.   Miss. 
\,m  doubt  my  W(.rd  — vou  sauey  scamps,     on. 

well.  oh.  well,  you'll  -ee. 

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'^^:ji^Vi:,i 


When,  .urnwliii;^  like  a  bear.  1  Cdiiif.  and  i.at  ynu 

all  f<ir  lia. 
■Dnii't  foni  so  iiiiK-li  —  \k-  .-.fiisiljU' 1"     (c  mir  now. 

I  il<i  liki-  that  : 
If   I'vf  no  •>rii>c  in  my  old  w^v.   I'll  rat  ni\    >un- 

.la>   hat  1 

"1    --ft.-  ilur(.'>  iiii  i-caiH-.   s(i --  ill   the  l;m<i(1.  old 

I'a^hiDiifd  \va>  : 
<  )iHH'  on  a   tinu-  —  tar.   far   irnni   here,  and  at  a 

distant  day. 
I   went  —a   nii>>iMnar>  --tc  i)reaeh   ti>  tlueks  sn 

sparse  and  thin 
It  took   nie   week-   tn  L^sather  half  my   eont^reua- 

tiiin  in. 
Mv    Sal)l)ath>    wen-    expended.  —  nearl\    all    the 

live-liini;  <lay  — 
In  (Irivini,^  tn  m\   station-  with  m>   ^pan  of  ponies 

i^ray. 
'lelui,  the  -on  of   N'im'hi."  wasn't   in  it,  —  not  at 
"  all. 
When  I  m\  hronehos  speeded,  like  a  \orth-wind 

in  the  fall. 

".\  service  short  I  held  at  ten  —  tlun  off  to  Hol- 
land's I'dnff 

To  meet  a  coni^rt'j;jation  there,  of  diamonds  in 
the   rontjh  ; 

Then  on.  ten  miles,  and  I'veiiinfj;  I'rayer  re- 
freshed the  heart  like  dew, — 

Sweethearts,  a  prairie  ])reacher's  lot  has  compen- 
sations too  ; 

Then  pastoral  calls,  at  distant  homes,  filled  nj) 
my  1)n-\   week  : 

With  here  a  word. — and  there  a  pray'r.  I  trie<i 
to  titly  -peak. 

lOo 


I    iiftrii    tliiiik    iif    tliat    v;i-t    |)laiii.    ^vll(l-.l•    riri'lr 

iii.'kK'  iiir  litl 
'riu'  rciitri'  i<\  llu'  uiiiviTsc,  —  tlu'  liul)  .if  all  llu- 

wIktI. 

"()uv  wiiitrr  in   tii\    vi-ititin    (tin-   >lnr\ '-  rdiiiiiii,^ 

111  )\\  I . 
1    narluil    a    dirarx,    wiiKl-swi])!    luit.  -    a    i'llly 

Sahilril  iiK',  In  nil  fririiill>  throats,  uiiik'  tuiiiMinj; 

tlinmt^h  tlu'  >!iM\\ 
Two  link'  tilts  caiiu:  tl<  niiiik'riiiL;.  a-  ta^l  a^  tlu'v 

CnllM    L^ii, 

i'.ut    lirstly.    k't    iiu'    tfll    \"\\.    .kar-,    the    liajip^' 

(  liristiiias-tidc 
Was  c-nininii  somi  t.i  i;lail  with  i^ifts.  tlu'  rhiMrt'ti 

far  and  u  ido  ; 
Alas,    this    littk'    ])rairir    lionu-.  —  half-hurii'd    in 

tlu'  snow. 
Was  |)o\irt\'s  own   haunt   — so  drear  and  hare 

was  it,  \<tii  know  I 


"iWit.  oh.   how  larqe  the  kindly   hearts   heneath 

that  Iioiiiestead  roof, — 
jlow     sweet     the    jjjentle    mother's    voice,    when 

raised  in  soft  repnxif. — 
h'or  e'en   the   best   of  little  o   .-s.  a  mother  must 

siihdue 
When  tlu'v   upon   tlu'  war-i)ath   ju'o  —  a   U'arsome 

hand  of  two  I 
1   eoaxed   the  douj;hty  braves  at  last  to  sit  u])on 

iin   knei' ; 
And  as  \ou  stare  to-ni.yht.  nou  scamiis.  just   so 

thev  stared  at  me  I 

10(i 


.^ .%.  »■•#•■*§ 


Idi    ^iraiv^ir-piMpK-   in   ilial    laii'l   a   hi\nr\    win- 

(lltllUil. 

And    like   a    i'lituli    and    Jnd\    -Imw.   t..   tluMU    I 
(louhtU"-^  -iciiudl 

'•[  told  tlRiii  all  alx.m  till'  ilvrs  and  faiiirs  1   had 

known  — 
(  )f    ( '.iant-kilk-rs     .L;ri>at     and     tall.-nf     Motlu-r 

1  InlihardV  Ixmr  ; 
(  »i     wondVmis      lU'an-stalk-.     Lrrnuin^     ni)--<>f 

lack's  SI)  ^ri-at  and  \\i->f. 
Who    i-liinlud    thosi-    lUan-stalks    in    a    nit^h; — 

rif^lit  n])  into  tlu'  skii's  1 
1   told  tlu  in  all  thr  talr>   1   knew. —  and  last  tlu- 

r.i'thklK'ni  Star.  — 
And    how    tlu-    wond'rinj;    shcplu-rds    luard    tlu- 

s()nji;s  of  hcav'n  afar  : 
I'.ut  whi-n  tlu-ir   sleepy   eyelids   fell,  beneath    th-' 

dustman's  arts. 
\Vc  knelt --a  luinihle  roof-tree  shelt'riii},^  hai)l)y. 

peaceful  hearts. 

"]>efore  the  dawn  I  wakened,  hearing  voices  in 
the  nijjht, 

Mv  little  friends  were  talking  fast,  hut  hidden 
from  my  >i^du 

Not  far  from  where  I  rested;  —  raisintj  cautious- 
ly, my  head. 

And  drawing  hack  the  drapery.  I  saw  the  moon- 
light shed 

A  radiance  like  silver,  over  two  small  saints  in 
white.  — 

Where,  quaintly  kneeling:  side  by  side,  they 
prayed  with  all  their  might : 

'Please,  (iod.  the  preacher-man  what  comcd.  said 
you  knew   ever-thing, 

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\ii  1  <    'ii'liil    'II  ;lial'^  ill  tile  W'li'M.        »'■  iilci^i', 

-ir.  w  m't    \  I  m  iiriii;^, 
\l  (  liri^-tiim-  lime.  ;i  ilniiii  I'cr  lrc<l,       frr  i;i\  vtr 

iiiic  nniirc  |)U> 
\  cliinv    Ml   It  r  mii\\ir        .111    I'd  like  .1  il^ll  uli;it 

crir-. 
Nil'  linii  uliai  i'>lil  n-  ^lurit-  lure  i///'.n  \/i-('/'/y;'  in 

>iir   hrd, 
Sa\  ,  can't  \i'ii  lii-l|)  hiiM.  ^1  ■'-  In-  haif  went  hi'  si> 

(i^v'/iil  rril. 
\iiun.'      'll'iM   Mil   a   hit."   -aid    I'rcd,   "I    want   to 

liaxi.-  a  .L;tin  ;' 
'i'lic    Niiiall    maid    -aid:    "I    Ljnc--    lit    kiiiiw-;   uli, 

I'rcddir.  ain't  it  fnii  -' 
riir\    ruddled   duuii,    -  tlu-   iiH  iMiiiiL;lit    lair,   liaj)- 

ti/til   caiJ!   141  ildcn   head  : 
'I  It    'iHcarlur  iiian'    he    laiiL,dud.    and    ^maniil, 

tieean-e  hi-  hair  \va-  red. 

"i    think    that"-   nearlv    al].      <  'h.   did  the  ehiklreii 

Ljet    their   tux-; 
I  )iar   tile,   Imw    \  1  >n   iln   tea-e,-     were   ever   -een 

-neli  L^irls  and  \nt\  s  ? 
I   think   perhaps  tlu\   did.  ym  knnu,   tor  utuii   I 

called  <  piiee  nu  He 
'I'lu-  lialie-  eanii'  tiinihlin^  thru'  tile  -tuiw,  ju-i  as 

thi\    did   In'fdre  : 
Ami    I  am  >ure   Ired  had  a  drum,  and  in\    -weet 

maid  a  ddll. 
A   i^ift   hail   ciiine  fur  everyone. —  ."-anta   reinem- 

hiri'd  all. 
And  'Ixutt  mv  hair,  that  funn\   thin.L^:     ^'es,  pets, 

iiiiw   sa\'  "i^iii  id-nii^ht." 
dm!  <//;.v:crr<'(/  //)(//  ///  \t\trs  af  f'iiiii.  hy  hU-<i:liiii^ 

it  sii (>:>.• -:^'Iiiu'." 


lOS 


rill-:    I  kiwi    WIND 

A  l)al>\    uiml  uiiil  riiiininL;  uil<i  .ilniut   ilu    tul'l"; 

niir  (la\ , 
('a|iri(.-iim>  -    full    "t    uli«     In     ilaiuiil     -a    liitK' 

i-liild  at  plax. 
Hnt  as  flav  |ia>stil  In-  wraiiiil  ^nrc  <>l  nimiiiti,'  to 

ami   I'm, — 
'llir  siiiilin",^  ivi'iiiii\^  l'<mii(l  him  \\\>\  tim  tiinl  ii» 


1  iRi:  li.ii-.s 

("(Hiiiiij,^   t'niiii  <larkiK>s  ui-  |ia>s  t<>  tlu-  ilark 
Death  tliat  ha^  lu-ni  and  a  ilrath  \rt  ti'  \>v. 

Life  llaiius  iKtwnii  lluni   —a  liimiiinu-  spark 
l"'ainn'(l  li\   tlu'  win^-  nf  s.unc  far  <listiii\. 

Di'stiin,  suift  til  liikiiidli'  thr  spark. 

lUots  it  aijain  in  tlu-  lihu'knfss  In'  — 

VVc  cr\    lor  a    -oniid    frnni   tlu'    sunn      ss  —  tlie 
dark 

SiliMuv'  Iml  iKt'pt'ns  lur  stilhu'ssrs  inort-. 

Mastt-r  nf   darkiu'ss.   hnth    lutnri-   and   jiast. 

T.ord  of  oiir  days  from  thr  darkncssi-s  frci- : 
(Ircat   ( "lod  of  siKiuH's,  awf'.il  and   vast, 

KtT])   ns   from   ftarini,^  onr  own   inystiTvI 


100 


'I  I'r  -nil  "II  In-  w.iv    t'l  lii-  lininr  in  the  wrsf 
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110 


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